Bernard Nahlen
Eck Institute for Global Health
Director
- Global health
- Impact of disease
- Disease spread
Nahlen in the News
WSBT TV
Potential impacts of mRNA vaccine development funding cuts
August 08, 2025
"We can all buy into the concept of making America healthy again. But frankly, when it comes to infectious disease threats, this is making America helpless again." That is the concern of Dr. Bernard Nahlen, the current director of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health.
Stat News
Trump administration allows some global aid to restart, but concerns remain on impact of USAID shutdown
February 07, 2025
“If the administration sees value in the HIV program, then hopefully they see value in the incredible success of the President’s Malaria Initiative, and we can make sure all these incredible gains we’ve had up until this time we don’t lose,” Bernard Nahlen, who was deputy coordinator of the PMI from 2007 to 2017, told STAT ahead of the news that the waiver extended to malaria programs. Nahlen is now the director of the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health.
Futurity
‘Mosquito shield’ cuts malaria infections by a third
Video
January 03, 2025
“This is a powerful result. There is no magic bullet for malaria, but a one-third additional decrease in transmission on top of mosquito nets could translate into tens of thousands of lives saved each year,” says Bernard Nahlen, professor of biological sciences and director of the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame.
Indy Star
'A new way of being': What could happen next in the coronavirus pandemic
February 10, 2022
“I would find it surprising if at this time next year we’re in the same situation where people are being asked to isolate and quarantine if infected with COVID,” said Dr. Bernard Nahlen, Director of the Eck Institute for Global Health at Notre Dame.
South Bend Tribune
Cases are down. Mask rules are lifting. We're all tired of COVID. But is the pandemic over?
June 11, 2021
“We can’t declare victory here in the United States against this virus and expect that it’s not going to come around to bite us again if we ignore what’s going on in the rest of the world,” said Bernard Nahlen, director of the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame.
ABC 57
Distributing possible Covid-19 vaccine may be faced with challenges
December 08, 2020
"I will definitely be the first in line once it's my turn to get this vaccine," said Dr. Bernard Nahlen, a director at Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health.