Faculty |
Department |
Research Interests |
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| Susan Baker, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Molecular biology and pathogenesis of coronaviruses
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| Linda Brubaker, M.D. |
Urology |
Surgical outcomes, Incontinence devices, and Incontinence medications
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| Pauline Camacho, M.D.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism |
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| Edward Campbell, Ph.D. |
Micrcobiology/ Immunology |
Molecular biology of HIV-1 and other retroviruses; TRIM
alpha and other viral restriction factors.
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| Malliswari Challapalli |
Pediatrics Infectious Disease |
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| John Clancy, Jr., Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Role of heat shock proteins in the immune response.
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| Nina Clark, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
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| James Cook, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
Adenovirus interactions with the host innate immune response. Anthrax immunopathogenesis and drug discovery for biowarfare agents. |
| Adam Driks, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Spore formation and function Molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis in bacteria. Roles of spore surface proteins in disease.
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| Thomas Gallagher, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/Immunology |
Molecular Mechanisms of Virus Assembly and Entry.
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| Dale Gerding, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
Molecular analysis of clinical isolates of C. difficile and pathogenesis of C. difficile in a hamster model of infection.
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| David Hecht, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
DNA transfer, antibiotic resistance, and virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria.
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Makio Iwashima Ph.D
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Microbiology/ Immunology |
Immunological tolerance and memory; their mechanisms and clinical applications.
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Linda Janusek, Ph.D., RN
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School of Nursing |
Psychneuroimmunology of stress in cancer
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| Stuart Johnson, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
C. difficile toxins and pathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical outcomes.
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| Katherine Knight, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
B-lymphocyte development and generation of the antibody repertoire.
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| Elizabeth Kovacs, Ph.D. |
Burn and Shock Trauma Institute |
Regulation of inflammation mediators in response to tissue injury, recovery of innate immunity, and aging.
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| Dennis Lanning, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Biofilm-mediated interactions between intestinal commensals and gut-associated lymphoid tissues.
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| Jennifer Layden, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
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| Phong Le, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Immune reconstitution and role of thymic epithelium in immune tolerance following SCT and aging.
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| Robert Love M. D. |
Surgery |
Lung transplant immunology.
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| Adriano Marchese, Ph.D. |
Pharmacology |
Membrane trafficking of HIV coreceptors.
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| Herb Mathews, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Immune dysregulation and homeostasis.
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| J. Paul O'Keefe, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
Evaluation of the penetration and efficacy of antibiotics in experimental intraperitoneal abscesses and clnical absesses.
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| Susan Pacheco, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
C. difficile asymptomatic carriage of patients in VA long-term care facilities |
| Jorge Parada, M.D. |
Infectious Diease |
Relationships between antibiotic usage and resistance, and development of strategies to interrupt nosocomial infections and antibiotic resistance spread in hospital settings.
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| Liang Qiao, M.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Role of regulatory T cells in GVHD and tolerance.
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| Gail Reid, M.D. |
Infectious Disease |
Viral and fungal infections in transplant recipients, |
| Tulio E. Rodriguez, M.D. |
Hematology/ Oncology |
Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases in cancer patients and stem cell transplant recipeints
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| Paul Schreckenberger, Ph.D. |
Pathology |
Molecular diagnostic systems for detection.
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| Scott Smith, M.D., Ph.D. |
Hematolog / Oncology |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-myeloablative transplantation
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| Patrick Stiff, M.D |
Hematology/ Oncology |
Opportunistic infections following umbilical cord blood transplantation.
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| Karen Visick, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Mechanisms of bacterial colonization of symbiotic host tissue.
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| Chris Wiethoff, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
.Virus-Host interactions, Vaccines.
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| Pamela Witte, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Cellular and molecular regulation of B-cell development; hemopoietic microenvironments.
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| Alan Wolfe, Ph.D. |
Microbiology/ Immunology |
Signal transduction and gene expression.
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