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Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program

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Affiliated Faculty

Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D.
Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D.

Anolik Lab

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Medicine
Research Interest: The role of B cells in the pathophysiology of human systemic lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and the study of new immuno-modulatory treatments

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.
Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.

Dewhurst Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Understanding the interaction of HIV with glial cells; Developing an improved live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV); Elucidating the host cell response to infection by viral pathogens (with emphasis on SARS-CoV-2 and Adeno-associated virus, AAV)


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Paul Dunman, Ph.D.
Paul Dunman, Ph.D.

Dunman Lab

Flaum Eye Institute
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Antimicrobial drug discovery using pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii: exploiting components of the bacterial RNA metabolism machinery; characterizing prokaryotic ribonucleases; understanding the impact of the host environment on antibiotic resistance and virulence factor expression. 


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Michelle Dziejman, Ph.D.
Michelle Dziejman, Ph.D.

Dziejman Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Type Three Secretion System mediated pathogenesis of V. cholerae

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
John Frelinger, Ph.D.
John Frelinger, Ph.D.

Frelinger Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Immunity to Tumor Antigens.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Harris Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D.
Harris Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D.

Gelbard Lab

Neuroscience
Pediatrics
Neurology
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms and potential pharmacological and gene therapeutic interventions for neurologic disease associated with HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Steve Georas, M.D.
Steve Georas, M.D.

Georas Lab

Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging

Microbiology & Immunology
Environmental Medicine
Medicine
Research Interest:

Defining molecular pathways by which allergens and particulates activate epithelia and dendritic cells in the lung immune system


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Scott Gerber, Ph.D.
Scott Gerber, Ph.D.

Gerber Lab

Center for Tumor Immunology Research

Microbiology & Immunology
Surgery
Research Interest: The Gerber lab studies tumor immunology with a focus on harnessing the immune system to recognize and kill cancerous cells utilizing an immunotherapeutic approach to enhance the efficacy of chemo/radiotherapies to control or even cure both primary and metastatic malignancies.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Steven Gill, Ph.D.
Steven Gill, Ph.D.

Genomics Research Center (GRC)

Center for Tumor Immunology Research

Gill Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Microbial pathogens and the impact of human microbial flora on human health and disease.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.
Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.

Hammes Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Androgen Effects on Reproduction and Cancer

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Dwight Hardy, Ph.D.
Dwight Hardy, Ph.D.
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Resistance.


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.
Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D.
B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D.

Lawrence Lab

Environmental Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Delineating mechanisms by which environmental exposures during different life stages alter immune function


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Alexandra Livingstone, Ph.D.
Alexandra Livingstone, Ph.D.

Livingstone Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Understanding mechanisms for generating and maintaining T cell memory, with particular emphasis on responses primed by immunization with dendritic cells

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Allison Lopatkin, Ph.D.
Allison Lopatkin, Ph.D.

Lopatkin Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Systems biology, synthetic biology, computational biology, horizontal gene transfer, bacterial population dynamics, microbial metabolism, antibiotic resistance


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Jim Miller, Ph.D.
Jim Miller, Ph.D.

Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Molecular and cellular events that regulate T cell signaling and activation

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Cynthia Monaco, M.D., Ph.D.
Cynthia Monaco, M.D., Ph.D.

Monaco Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Medicine
Research Interest: Effect of the Microbiome/Virome on Mucosal and Systemic Inflammation in Health and Disease

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Craig Morrell, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Craig Morrell, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Morrell Lab

Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research Interest:

Platelets in vascular injury and inflammation


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Tim Mosmann, Ph.D.
Tim Mosmann, Ph.D.

Mosmann Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: The regulation of cytokine responses of human and mouse T-cell subsets in infections asthma, allergy and autoimmunity

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Joshua Munger, Ph.D.
Joshua Munger, Ph.D.

Munger Lab

Biochemistry & Biophysics
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Mechanisms of metabolic network manipulation induced by viral infection and oncogenic mutation.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Shawn Murphy, Ph.D.
Shawn Murphy, Ph.D.
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Immunoregulatory properties of trophoblast cells

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan, Ph.D.
Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan, Ph.D.

Muthukrishnan Lab

Orthopaedics
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Understanding host-pathogen interactions and the osteoimmunology of orthopaedic infections


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Jennifer Nayak, M.D.
Jennifer Nayak, M.D.

Sant Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Pediatrics
Research Interest: CD4 T cells in primary and secondary influenza infection

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Martin Pavelka, Ph.D.
Martin Pavelka, Ph.D.

Pavelka Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Biosynthesis of the Cell Wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Biodefense Research

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Sally Quataert, Ph.D.
Sally Quataert, Ph.D.

RHIC Core Lab

Mosmann Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Standardization of immunological techniques for clinical investigation of human immune status.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
Jacques Robert, Ph.D.

Robert Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Environmental Medicine
Research Interest: Experimental platform using the amphibian Xenopus for research in immunotoxicology, fundamental and medical immunology

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Marlies Rossmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Marlies Rossmann, M.D., Ph.D.

Rossmann Lab

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Biomedical Genetics
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

The role of metabolism in lineage differentiation


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Andrea Sant, Ph.D.
Andrea Sant, Ph.D.

Sant Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Specificity and role of CD4 T cells in response to vaccination and infection


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Kristin Scheible, M.D.
Kristin Scheible, M.D.

Scheible Lab

Pediatrics
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Neonatal immunology; T cell function in preterm infants


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Edward Schwarz, Ph.D.
Edward Schwarz, Ph.D.

Schwarz Lab

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Urology
Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Microbiology & Immunology
Orthopaedics
Research Interest: Inflammatory bone loss as seen in rheumatoid arthritis, infections, tumor metastasis and wear debris induced osteolysis around prosthetic implants

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.
Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.

Serra-Moreno Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Studying the mechanisms by which Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and its close relative Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) circumvent the barriers of the innate immunity in their respective hosts and cause Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Meera Singh, Ph.D.
Meera Singh, Ph.D.

Meera Singh Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Neurology
Research Interest:

Immune-pathogenesis of Viral Infections


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Yan Sun, Ph.D.
Yan Sun, Ph.D.

Sun Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Mechanisms of Defective Viral Genome generation

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Toru Takimoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Toru Takimoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Takimoto Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Molecular Mechanisms of Paramyxovirus Infection, Replication and Assembly

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.
Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.

Thakar Lab

Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Systems approach utilizing bioinformatics, and dynamic modeling tools to study immune response to infections and vaccination.

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
David Topham, Ph.D.
David Topham, Ph.D.

Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging

Topham Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Immune responses to respiratory viruses and experimental vaccines


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Andrew Varble, PhD
Andrew Varble, PhD

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Brian Ward, Ph.D.
Brian Ward, Ph.D.

Ward Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Molecular Mechanisms of Poxvirus Envelope Formation

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Rachel Wozniak, M.D., Ph.D.
Rachel Wozniak, M.D., Ph.D.

Wozniak Lab

Flaum Eye Institute
Ophthalmology
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Pathogenesis of bacterial corneal infections and novel antimicrobial drug discovery


Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Terry Wright, Ph.D.
Terry Wright, Ph.D.
Pediatrics
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Immune response and Pathogenesis of lung injury and related pulmonary inflammation

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Felix Yarovinsky, M.D.
Felix Yarovinsky, M.D.

Yarovinsky Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Innate immunity, Host-microbial interactions, Immunoparasitology, Mucosal immunology

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Yiping Zhu, Ph.D
Yiping Zhu, Ph.D

Yiping Zhu Lab

Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Working with retroviruses (HIV-1, MLV, etc.) and focuses on identifying new host antiviral factors and deciphering viral antagonism of host defense

Mentor for Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program