Tom Carpino, PhD, MPH, is a Hock Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the Duke University Global Health Institute. Carpino integrates epidemiology, implementation science, systems thinking, and decision science to address complex global health challenges. His work encompasses emerging infectious diseases, sexual health, and the application of AI and pathogen genomics to strengthen public health practice, pandemic preparedness, and climate resilience.

Dr. Carpino is an active member of Duke University's Climate and Global Health Initiative, where he supports the development of the East African and Amazonian Climate and Health Observatories. He collaborates with Duke University-National University of Singapore to explore pathogen genomics, artificial intelligence, and regional pandemic preparedness in Asia. Carpino is a fellow at the Duke CFAR Interdisciplinary Translational Science and Clinical Trials Research Program, HIGH-IRI, and Duke's Climate and Sustainability Teaching Program. He also serves as an associate editor for the journals Epidemiology and Global Health and Psychology & Sexuality.

Carpino completed his doctorate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His dissertation examined the epidemiological factors of mpox and other STIs and was funded by an NIH (National Institutes of Health) F31 research fellowship, awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). His research contributed to public health responses and vaccination policies through collaborations with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and supported the White House response to mpox. During his doctoral studies, Carpino served as a faculty fellow, where he developed the course "Sex and Syndemics" and created open-access educational resources on invasive mpox, stigma, and infectious diseases in collaboration with the New England Public Health Training Center.

Prior to his doctorate, Carpino earned a master's degree in Public Health with a specialization in Biostatistics from Columbia University and worked with Columbia University's ICAP on global health programs covering HIV, COVID-19, climate change, and strengthening health systems. His international work included collaborations in Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia, applying epidemiological methods to improve health outcomes among underserved populations.