James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
832-824-2213 (tel)
832-825-1064 (fax)
jamesv@bcm.edu
Mailing Address:
Texas Children’s Hospital
6621 Fannin Street MC 1-2261
Houston, TX 77030
Education/Background:
B.A., Plan II Honors Program, University of Texas at Austin, TX.
Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX.
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. David Y. Graham, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Residency in Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Fellow in Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. James G. Fox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA.
Positions:
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
- Resident in Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1996-1998.
- Chief Resident in Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1998.
- Assistant Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1999-2001.
- Assistant Director of Microbiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1999-2001.
- Director of Molecular Diagnostics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2000-2001.
Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)
- Assistant Professor of Pathology, 1999-2001.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Comparative Medicine, 1997-1999.
- Research Scientist, Division of Comparative Medicine, 1999-2001.
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
Academic Titles
- Associate Professor of Pathology, 2001-present.
- Associate Professor of Molecular Virology & Microbiology, 2001-present.
- Associate Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, 2005-present.
Graduate Programs
- Faculty Advisor, Molecular Virology & Microbiology Graduate Program, 2001-to present.
- Faculty Advisor, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, 2002-to present.
- Faculty Advisor, Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine (TBMM) Program, 2005-present.
Leadership Positions
- Investigator, Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center, 2002-present.
- Investigator, Biology of Inflammation Center, 2002-present.
- Co-Director, MD/PhD Program, Baylor College of Medicine, 2004-present.
- Co-Director, Functional Genomics and Proteomics Core, Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center, 2006-present.
Texas Children's Hospital (Houston, TX)
- Director of Microbiology Laboratories, Texas Children's Hospital, 2001-present.
- Director of Division of Molecular Pathology, 2006-present.
Other Leadership Positions
- Vice President of Research, Board of Trustees, Houston Gulf Coast/South Texas Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), 2006-2007.
- Board of Directors, International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics, 2006-present.