Faculty

Department Chair


David A. Leib, PhD

Chair and Professor
Pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus (HSV)

Faculty


Jennifer M. Bomberger, PhD

Professor
Viral-bacterial co-infections and innate immunity in the respiratory tract

James B Bliska, BS, PhD

Professor
Bacterial effectors and pathogen-leukocyte interactions


David Bzik, PhD

Professor
Parasite biology, Immunity, Cancer Immunotherapy

Ambrose Cheung, MD

Ambrose Cheung, MD

Professor
Staphylococcus aureus


Robert A Cramer, PhD, MSC

Professor and Vice Chair
Fungal Pathogenesis and Host Interactions

Steven N. Fiering, PhD

Steven Fiering, PhD

Professor
Tumor immunotherapy


Deborah A. Hogan, PhD

Professor
Bacterial and fungal pathogenesis

Yina H. Huang, PhD

Yina H. Huang, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair
T cell migration and activation, Cancer Immunology


Claudia V. Jakubzick, PhD

Claudia V. Jakubzick, PhD

Professor
Myeloid cell biology: Innate and Adaptive Immunity

George A. O'Toole, PhD

Professor
Microbial biofilms


Joshua J. Obar, PhD

Professor
Influenza A virus and Aspergillus fumigatus

Patricia A. Pioli, PhD

Associate Professor
Autoimmune disease and cancer


Pamela C. Rosato, PhD

Assistant Professor
T cell responses to viruses and cancer

Benjamin D. Ross, PhD

Assistant Professor
Interbacterial interactions among the gut microbiota


Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, PhD

Assistant Professor
Lupus skin disease, innate immune responses, skin injury, kidney injury, autoimmunity

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Daniel Schultz, PhD

Assistant Professor
Evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria


Charles Sentman, PhD

Professor
Immunotherapy and innate immunity

Bruce A. Stanton, PhD

Bruce A. Stanton, PhD

Professor
Host pathogen interactions in epithelial cells


Mary Jo Turk, PhD

Professor
Tumor Immunology

Edward J. Usherwood, PhD

Professor
T cell immune surveillance to viruses and cancer

Affiliated Faculty


Margie Ackerman, PhD

Protein engineering and vaccine technology

Alix Ashare, MD, PhD

Lung macrophages


Tyler Curiel, MD, MPH

Advancing the Frontiers of Cancer Immunotherapy Research

Rick Enelow, MD

Respiratory virus infection


Francesca Gilli, MS, PhD

Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases


Anne G. Hoen, PhD

Development of the microbiome in infants and children



Carey D. Nadell, PhD

Population and community dynamics of microbial biofilm collectives


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Rahul Sarpeshkar, PhD

Synthetic analog and digital biological circuits


Li Song, PhD

Designing algorithms and developing computational methods to analyze sequencing data

Mark S. Sundrud, PhD

Intestinal immune regulation and inflammation


Michael E. Zegans, MD

Bacterial biofilm formation and ocular infection


Charles R. Wira, PhD

Charles R. Wira, PhD

Emeritus
Innate and adaptive immunity to HIV