Partha Biswas
Renal Immunology
Nicholas Carpino
Regulation of host responses to pathogen infection
Carol Carter
Retroviral assembly and post-assembly
Maurizio Del Poeta
Fungal pathogenesis
Priyadharshini Devarajan
Respiratory immune responses, immune responses in the elderly
Bruce Futcher
Cancer, cell cycle, microarrays, computational biology, yeast genetics
Ketaki Ganti
Influenza A virus (IAV) infections
Galadriel Hovel-Miner
Drug resistance and functional biology in trypanasomatid parasites
Hwan Kim
Tick-borne diseases
James Konopka
Signal transduction, morphogenesis and genetics of pathogenic fungi
Pawan Kumar
IL-17 signaling in human health and disease
Janet Leatherwood
Cell cycle control of DNA replication, cell cycle transcription, meiotic RNA processing
Erich Mackow
Determinants of viral pathogenesis, hantaviruses, rotaviruses, Dengue viruses, influenza viruses, coronaviruses
Nancy Reich Marshall
Signaling switches in gene expression by hormones and viral infection
Brian Sheridan
T cell memory and mucosal immunity, cancer vaccines
David Thanassi
Bacterial virulence factor secretion, E. coli pilus biogenesis, F. tularensis virulence mechanisms
Adrianus van der Velden
Host interactions with Salmonella
Joint Faculty
Samuel Becker
T cell - macrophage interactions; immunity to M. tuberculosis and rickettsial pathogens
Thomas Holowka
Host properties that determine intestinal colonization by antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacterales
Wali Karzai
Biochemical and Structural Investigations of Quality Control Mechanisms in Protein and RNA Homeostasis
Charles Vorkas
Translational innate lymphocyte immunology of infectious and non-infectious immune-mediated diseases
Professors Emeriti
Several of our retired professors in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology have been honored with the emeritus title for their distinguished service and contributions to research, education and the academic community. Though retired, they often remain engaged in scholarly activities, mentoring and departmental events for the department and the Renaissance School of Medicine.
Jorge Benach
Pathogenesis of spirochetal infections and host responses
James Bliska
Molecular mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis
Nicholas Delihas
Control of gene expression, noncoding RNAs
Michael Hayman
Signal transduction in cell growth, differentiation and cancer, nuclear and membrane oncoproteins
Janet Hearing
SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug development
Patrick Hearing
Adenovirus-host cell interactions; viral vectors for human gene therapy
Eugene Katz
Dictyostelium discoideum developmental biology
Eckard Wimmer
Molecular biology of poliovirus replication, picornavirus pathogenesis