Steven R. Goodman, 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.
Research Highlight
After nearly two years of effort, Jennifer Moffat, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, with the assistance of Research Administrator Holly Chanatry, MS, landed a contract from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to use animal models to test compounds for therapeutic efficacy against varicella-zoster virus and other diseases. Read More >
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