Faculty and Research Interests
The table below lists the primary and secondary faculty within the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology.
Click the name to see that individual’s research interests and contact information.
Faculty Member |
Position |
Area of Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
| Atmar, Robert L., M.D. | Professor | Respiratory viruses; Environmental Virology |
| Bradshaw, Major, M.D. | Professor | Infectious Diseases |
| Baker, Carol J., M.D. | Professor | |
| Blutt, Sarah, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Intestina B cell responses to enteric pathogens |
| Butel, Janet S., Ph.D. | Professor | SV40, Human Cancer, and p53 |
| Chiu, Wah, Ph.D. | Professor | DNA virus structure and assembly |
| Conner, Margaret, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Immunity and pathog. of viruses of the Gl tract |
| Couch, Robert, M.D.. | Professor | Acute respiratory diseases, particularly influenza and rhinoviruses, and vaccine development. |
| Donehower, Lawrence, Ph.D. | Professor | Tumor suppressor genes in cancer and aging |
| DuPont, Herbert L, M.D.. | Professor | Prevention of enteric infectious diseases |
| Estes, Mary K., Ph.D. | Professor | Molecular biology of gastrointestinal viruses |
| Gilbert, Brian E., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Aerosolized drugs for pulmonary diseases |
| Glezen, W. Paul, M.D. | Professor | Epidemiology of Respiratory Viruses |
| Graham, David Y., M.D. | Professor | Interaction of infectious agents and the gastrointestinal tract |
| Greenberg, Stephen, M.D. | Professor | Respiratory pathogens in high-risk patients |
| Herman, Christophe, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | |
| Highlander, Sarah K., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Microbial Genomics |
| Hollinger, F. Blaine, M.D. | Professor | Blood-borne viruses |
| Huang, Wanzhi, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Protein Structure-Function and Protein-Protein Interaction Studies |
| Javier, Ronald T., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Viral oncogenesis |
| Keitel, Wendy A, M.D. | Associate Professor | Vaccine development and evaluation |
| Kimata, Jason T., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Virus-host cell interactions, transmission and pathogenesis of retroviruses. |
| Ling, Paul D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Molecular biology of Epstein-Barr virus latency |
| Lloyd, Richard E., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Translation and apoptosis in virus infection |
| Marriott, Susan, Ph.D. | Professor | Viral transformation and transcription control |
| Mason, Edward O., Jr., Ph.D. | Professor | |
| Mbawuike, Innocent, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Age-related CD8+ cytotoxic T cell deficiency |
| Munoz, Flor, M.D. | Assistant Professor | Pediatric Infectious Diseases |
| Musher, Daniel M, M.D. | Professor | Pathogenesis of bacterial infections and host response |
| Palzkill, Timothy, Ph.D. | Professor | Protein structure/function and functional genomics |
| Petrosino, Joseph F., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Functional Genomics of Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease |
| Piedra, Pedro A. M.D. | Professor | Reduction of respiratory virus illness burden in infants, children, and the community through successful vaccination programs |
| Prasad, B.V.V., Ph.D. | Professor | Structure-function relationship in enteric viruses |
| Ramig, R. Frank, Ph.D. | Professor | Genetics of viral replication and pathogenesis |
| Rice, Andrew P., Ph.D. | Nancy Chang Professor | Transcriptional regulation in viruses |
| Rooney, Cliona, Ph.D. | Professor | Virus-specific T cells for treatment of viral diseases |
| Rosenberg, Susan, Ph.D. | Professor | Genetic Instability and Drug Resistance |
| Slagle, Betty L., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Viral hepatitis and liver cancer |
| Stager, Charles E, .Ph.D. | Associate Professor | |
| Sutton, Richard E., M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | HIV-based vectors and HIV vaccines |
| Versalovic, James, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Probiotics and Intestinal Microbial Ecology |
| Weinstock, George, Ph.D. | Professor | |
| Yao, Cathy, Ph.D. | Associate Professor. | HIV Vaccines and Viral Glycoprotein Pathogenesis |
| Yoffe, Boris, M.D. | Professor | Pathogenesis of virus-induced liver diseases |
| Zechiedrich, Lynn, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | DNA topoisomerases and antibiotic resistance in E. Coli |
| Zhang, Shaun, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Herpes Viruses |