Patrick Lammie, PhD

Interim Director

Patrick Lammie, PhD, is the Interim Director of Children Without Worms.

Dr. Lammie was formerly the Senior Staff Scientist in the Disease Elimination and Control Group in the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He worked at the CDC for more than 20 years where his principal focus had been lymphatic filariasis. His laboratory was heavily invested in efforts to develop new tools and strategies to monitor and evaluate filariasis and other neglected tropical diseases.

Dr. Lammie is the Director of the NTD Support Center at the Task Force for Global Health and serves as the chair of World Health Organization’s Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group for NTDs.

Dr. Lammie received his doctoral degree from Tulane University and completed doctoral research on the immunology of experimental filariasis.