Rosemary Rochford, PhD, Vice President for Research
Research at Upstate
is guided by four disease- based pillars that stimulate cross-departmental collaboration and inter- disciplinary
research. Our researchers are based in departments, but their work can also be thought of in the context of the pillars or in
the basic sciences.
Office of Vice President for Research
Infectious Diseases
All research at Upstate—basic, translational, and clinical—is broadly grouped in four areas of concentration: Disorders of the Nervous System; Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Diseases; Cancer; Infectious Diseases.
Our infectious disease program focuses on three areas:
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Global health and emerging pathogens
- Animal model development and stem cell research
Our mission is to share our expertise and resources worldwide to conduct research and develop products to promote global health. This is happening an at NIH-funded clinic in Kenya, where children with Burkitt's lymphoma are treated.
On campus, Upstate's Humanized SCID Mouse Center and Stem Cell Processing Laboratory (Departmental Core Facility) is a unique facility created to foster interdisciplinary scholarship and research using the "humanized" immunodeficient mouse. The Center was recently awarded funding for significant expansion, which includes the study of leukemia induced by human viruses.
* indicates College of Graduate Studies faculty.
- David Amberg, PhD*
Professor
Regulation of actin dynamics and analysis of genomic influences on actin function. - Joseph Domachowske, MD*
Professor
Pneumovirus pathogenesis. - Timothy Endy, MD, MPH*
Professor
Understanding the epidemiology and pathogenesis of viral hemorrhagic and encephalitic arboviruses and host-vector interactions.
- Gerold Feuer, PhD
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
- Jerrie Gavalchin, PhD*
Professor
Regulation of pathogenic antibody production in autoimmune glomerulonephritis; Cell-surface receptors for retroviruses
- Sandra Hayes, PhD*
Assistant ProfessorRoles of B lymphoid kinase (Blk) in lymphocyte development and activation as well as in preventing autoimmunity
- Ziwei Huang, PhD*
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.
- Bihchen Hwang, DDS, PhD*
Professor
DNA replication of herpes viruses.
- Burk Jubelt, MD*
ProfessorCNS acute and chronic polio- and entero-virus infections; Growth factors for Post-Polio Syndrome; Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Motor Neuron Gene Expression
- William Kerr, PhD*
Professor
Transplant immunology and stem cell biology.
- Dilip Kittur, MD, ScD, FACS*
Professor
Xenotransplantation, Endothelial cell dysfunction, Use of herbal products in transplant biology - Stewart Loh, PhD*
ProfessorProtein engineering, design, and folding
- Paul Massa, PhD*
ProfessorRegulation of innate immune responses to viruses.
- Jennifer Moffat, PhD*
Associate Professor
Varicella zoster pathogenesis. - Andras Perl, MD, PhD*
ProfessorGenes and Viruses Predisposing to Autoimmunity, Genetics, Apoptosis, Endogenous Retroviruses, Transaldolase
- Dawn Post, PhD*
Assistant ProfessorCancer treatments. My lab is currently investigating two different cancer therapy approaches: (1) oncolytic viruses and (2) inhibitors of the EGFR/Her pathway.
- Michael Princiotta, PhD*
Assistant Professor
Antigen processing and presentation; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to viral and bacterial infections - Rosemary Rochford, PhD*
Vice President for Research
Etiology of viral-associated malignancies, gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis. - Edward Shillitoe, PhD*
ProfessorGene therapy for cancer; Bacterial causes of obesity, diabetes and periodontal disease
- Allen Silverstone, PhD*
Professor
How dioxins and estrogens and estrogenic compounds affect the immune system. - Steven Taffet, PhD*
Professor
Regulation of intercellular communication in the heart, gene expression during macrophage activation - Gary Winslow, PhD*
ProfessorHost defense against intracellular pathogens, B cell responses, immunological memory
Research Highlight
Upstate Medical University will share a $12.1 million with two other upstate New York institutions as they work to develop a new medical treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Upstate’s Burk Jubelt, MD, professor of neurology, microbiology and immunology, is the project’s principal investigator.
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