Gurley began conducting public health research at the
ICDDR, B in 2003 where she remained for 12 years. She worked with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
Government of Bangladesh to create a surveillance program for
meningoencephalitis,
respiratory tract infection,
gastroenteritis, and
hospital-acquired infection. Gurley also lead the surveillance and outbreak investigation unit and was the director of the emerging infections program. Beginning in 2004, she researched the ecology and epidemiology of
nipah virus infections. She works in
transmission,
disease burden, and epidemiology of diseases preventable by vaccines. Gurley uses the
One Health framework to research infectious disease prevention and the ecology of human diseases. Gurley is a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has a joint affiliation in the Global Disease Epidemiology and Control (GDEC) Division in the Department of International Health. == References ==