Major Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Our program focuses on three areas: host-pathogen interactions; global health and emerging pathogens; and animal model development.
Our mission is to share our expertise and resources worldwide to conduct research and develop products to promote global health, such as our work at an NIH-funded clinic in Kenya. On campus, the Center for SCID-hu Mouse Models is a unique facility created to foster interdisciplinary scholarship and research using the humanized severe combined immunodeficient (SCID-hu) mouse.
David Amberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Regulation of actin dynamics and analysis of genomic influences on actin function. |
James Listman, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Cytomegalovirus and transplantation. |
Joseph Domachowske, M.D.
Professor
Pneumovirus pathogenesis. |
Stewart Loh, Ph.D.
Professor
Mechanism and kinetics of protein folding; protein-based molecular switches; protein engineering and design; structure and function of the p53 tumor suppressor. |
Thomas Duncan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bioenergetics, enzymology, structural biology, membrane protein function. |
Paul Massa, Ph.D.
Professor
Regulation of cytokine-induced gene expression in oligodendrodcytes.
Regulation of innate immune responses in glial cells.
Unique control of NF-kappaB activation in neurons.
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Timothy Endy, M.D., MPH
Associate Professor
Understanding the epidemiology and pathogenesis of viral hemorrhagic and
encephalitic arboviruses and host-vector interactions. |
Jennifer Moffat, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Varicella zoster pathogenesis. |
Gerold Feuer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
HTLV pathogenesis and Tax function; Humanized SCID mouse models of hematopoiesis; lentivirus vectors; KSHV/HHV-8 infection and pathogenesis; SCID-hu immune responses against HIV envelope |
Andras Perl, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Genes and Viruses Predisposing to Autoimmunity, Genetics, Apoptosis, Endogenous Retroviruses, Transaldolase |
Jerrie Gavalchin, Ph.D.
Professor
Regulation of pathogenic antibody production in autoimmune glomerulonephritis; Cell-surface receptors for retroviruses |
Dawn Post, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cancer treatment using oncolytic viruses and gene therapy |
Sandra Hayes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Determining the roles of γδ T cell receptor structure and signaling potential in γδ T cell development and function |
Michael Princiotta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Antigen processing and presentation; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to viral and bacterial infections |
Ziwei Huang, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Discovery and mechanism of action of new pharmacological agents for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration, infectious disease, and stem cell-based regenerative medicine.
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Rosemary Rochford, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Etiology of viral-associated malignancies, gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis. |
Bihchen Hwang, DDS, Ph.D.
Professor
DNA replication of herpes viruses. |
Edward Shillitoe, Ph.D.
Professor
Gene therapy for cancer. |
Burk Jubelt, M.D.
Professor
CNS acute and chronic polio- and entero-virus infections. |
Allen Silverstone, Ph.D.
Professor
How dioxins and estrogens and estrogenic compounds affect the immune system. |
William Kerr, Ph.D.
Professor
Transplant immunology and stem cell biology. |
Steven Taffet, Ph.D.
Professor
Regulation of intercellular communication in the heart, gene expression during macrophage activation |
Dilip Kittur, M.D.
Professor
Xenotransplantation, Endothelial cell dysfunction, Use of herbal products in transplant biology |
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