Primary Faculty
Gregory A. Buck
Microbial genomics, molecular parasitology and pathogenicity, gene
expression and RNA maturation.
Guy A. Cabral
Viral oncology (herpes virus); Non-A, Non-B hepatitis, the effect of
environmental chemicals on virus infections, drugs of abuse and the immune
system.
Jason A.
Carlyon
Anaplasma phagocytophilum pathogenesis - adhesion, invasion,
intracelluar survival; bacterial subversion of host cell functions;
host-pathogen interactions; intracellular bacterial pathogenesis.
Gail E.
Christie
Role of bacteriophages in microbial evolution and pathogenesis; regulation
of prokaryotic gene expression; RNA polymerase structure and function.
Daniel H.
Conrad
Mechanism of immediate hypersensitivity, structure and function of IgE
receptors.
Cynthia N. Cornelissen
Pathogenic mechanisms of Neisserria gonorrhoeae.
Joseph V. Formica
Chemotherapy, biogenesis of secondary metabolites; bacterial physiology and
genetics.
W. Michael Holmes
RNA Protein Interactions. RNA Modification, mRNA and MicroRNA Metabolism.
Hsiu-Sheng Hsu
Host-parasite relationships and experimental pathology of bacterial
infectious diseases.
Thomas F. Huff
Immediate hypersensitivity , mast cell differentiation, the stem cell
factor/c-kit complex.
Phillip B. Hylemon
Steroid metabolism by intestinal anaerobic gut bacteria, regulation of
cholesterol and bile acid synthesis in hepatocyte monolayer cultures.
Kimberly Jefferson
Bacterial gene expression and adaptation. Biofilm formation in
Staphylococcus aureus.
Deborah Lebman
The role of alterations in the transforming growth factor beta signaling
pathway in the development of upper digestive tract cancers.
Roger M. Loria
Pathogenic and immunological responses following virus infections,
particularly human enteric viruses.
Masoud H. Manjili
Immunotherapy of breast cancer, tumor escape and antigen loss,
myeloid-derived suppressor cell.
Francine Marciano-Cabral
Pathogenic protozoa, parasite-host interactions; parasite-immunology, host
resistance mechanisms in protozoan and viral infections.
Richard T. Marconi
Infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions: molecular pathogenesis
of Lyme disease, replapsing fever and other arthropod borne diseases.
Kathleen L. McCoy
Immunobiology of antigen presenting cells.
Anthony V. Nicola
Virus-cell interactions, cellular mechanisms of herpes simplex virus entry,
herpesviral envelope glycoprotein function.
Dennis E. Ohman
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ;
capsule biosynthesis; regulation of virulence gene expression; processing
and secretion of proteases; bacterial stress-response in pathogenesis.
Charles H. O'Neal
Proteins and nucleic acids involved in cellular transformation, role of tRNA
in metabolic control.
Luiz Shozo Ozaki
Comparative genomics for studying pathogenicity and phylogeny of parasitic
protozoa.
Ronald B. Smeltz
“Immunobiology of T. cruzi infection, CD8+ T cell responses, cytokines,
IFN-gamma”
David Straus
Molecular mechanism of T lymphocyte activation, development and oncogenic
transformation.
Shirley Taylor
DNA methylation and control of cell differentiation, allelic inactivation of
tumor suppressor genes .
John G. Tew
Role of follicular dendritic cells in the immune response and the role of
immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease.
Huiping Zhou
The cellular/molecular mechanisms of HIV protease inhibitor-associated
dysregulation of lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis.
Affiliate
Faculty of Microbiology & Immunology
Gordon Archer,
M.D. - Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
The Staphylococcal genetics, virulence factors in Staphylococcus
epidermidis , prosthetic valve endocarditis, molecular basis of
antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus.
Suzanne Barbour,
Ph.D
Biochemistry
Phospholipid metabolism/regulation, macrophage function.
Harry D. Bear,
M.D. - Surgical Oncology
Tumor immunology, suppressor T cells.
Jessica Bell,
Ph.D. - Biochemistry
Mechanism of ligand recognition by innate immune (Toll-like)
receptors and subsequent signal transduction. Implications in adjuvant and
chemotherapeutic agent development.
James C. Burns,
DDS, Ph.D. - Oral Pathology
Oral virology and oral cancer.
Sumitra Deb,
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Molecular biology of the human tumor suppressor p53.
Swati Palit Deb,
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Growth regulatory mechanisms of normal cells particularly the ones that are
deregulated during oncogenesis.
Paul Fawcett,
Ph.D., Internal Medicine
"Under Construction"
Gordon Ginder,
M.D. - Director, Massey Cancer Center
Regulation of genes critical to blood diseases, cancer and lymphocyte
effector function by epigenetic mechanisms and interferons.
Steven
Grant, M.D. - Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Tumor biology. Modulation of anti-leukemic drug action and
apoptosis by signal transduction events.
Todd Kitten, Ph.D.
- Oral & Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Microbiology and genomics of oral streptococci; pathogenesis of
streptococcal endocarditis.
Thomas Koertge,
M.D., Ph.D. - Periodontics
Immunology of periodontal disease, secretory immunology.
Geoffrey W. Krystal,
M.D., Ph.D. - Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Molecular biology of oncogenes, specifically the regulation of
transcription and RNA processing of the myc gene family.
Janina Lewis, Ph.D - Assistant Professor, Phillips Institute of Oral and
Craniofacial Molecular Biology "Under Construction"
Francis L. Macrina,
Ph.D. - Oral & Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in the human oral microbes
viridans streptococci and anaerobic gram negative bacteria.
D.
C. Ghislaine Mayer, Ph.D. -
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Malaria pathogenesis, molecular
and cellular parasitology. Current research focus is the molecular mechanism
of erythrocytes invasion of
P. falciparum.
Michael McVoy,
Ph.D. - Pediatrics
Mechanisms of herpesvirus genome replication, genome cleavage and
packaging.
Ross B. Mikkelsen,
Ph.D. - Radiation/Oncology
The cell biology of tumors and intracellular parasites
Cindy L. Munro,
Ph.D. - School of Nursing
Viridans streptococcal endocarditis, role of exopolysaccharides of
Streptococcus mutans in dental caries and endocarditis, ventilator
associated pneumonia, management of HIV.
Lawrence Povirk,
M.D. - Pharmacology & Toxicology
DNA damage and mutagenesis, DNA double-strand break repair and gene
rearrangements in mammalian cells. Mutagenic effects of DNA-directed
chemotherapeutic agents.
John J. Ryan,
Ph.D. - Biology
Molecular immunology, mediators of the allergic response, role of
mast cells in allergic disease, effects of the Th2 cytokines interleukin-4
and interleukin-10 on mast cell function and activity.
Harvey Schenkein,
D.D.S., Ph.D. - Periodonics
Immunobiology of periodontal disease, complement and inflammatory
mediators in periodontal disease.
Lawrence B. Schwartz,
M.D. - Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
Immunology and biochemistry of mast cells, mast cell/basophil
differentiation, enzyme biochemistry, immunoassay development, molecular
biology, transcriptional regulation of mast cell proteins.
Kristoffer Valerie,
Ph.D. - Radiation Oncology
Molecular biology of DNA repair,
radiation-induced gene expression and signal transduction mechanisms and
genetic approaches to modulate cellular radioresistance.
Ping Xu, Ph.D. -
Oral & Molecular Biology
Genomics of pathogenic protozoans.
Dorne Yager, Ph.D.
- Surgery
Molecular virology, molecular biology of wound healing, biology of
the glycosamino-glycan, hyaluronan and roles in repair, inflammatory
processes, embryogenesis, and tumor invasion. |
