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Aiyar, Ashok, Ph. D
Epstein-Barr virus pathogenesis, gene expression, and replication.

Amedee, Angela Martin, PhD
Pathogenesis and mother-to-infant transmission of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV)

Foster, Timothy P., Ph.D.
Virus-host interactions: Mechanisms of herpes virus subversion of host intrinsic anti-pathogen responses.

Hobden, Jeffery A., PhD
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ocular infections; antibiotic susceptibility testing; biofilms and orthotics

Huang, Weitao, PhD
To be updated

Johnston, Kenneth H., PhD
Oyster anti-microbial compounds with particular emphasis on their role in the modulation of bacterial infections; immunobiology of oysters; HIV protease inhibitors.

Kelly, Ben, Ph.D
Molecular mechanisms required for parasite viability and virulence in leishmaniasis.

Koochekpour, Shahriar, MD, PhD
Neurotrophic protein (prosaposin) in prostate cancer biology

Kozlowski, Pamela, PhD
HIV vaccine development, HIV pathogenesis, and mucosalimmunity to HIV.

Luftig, Ronald, PhD
AIDS pathogenesis; Gene therapy, construction of vectors

Quayle, Alison J., PhD
Immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis in the human female genital tract, Chlamydia trachomatis persistence in the human female genital tract

Rodriguez, Paulo, PhD
Modulation of cell signaling in leukemias by ameno acid L-Arginine.  Mechanisms of T-cell suppression induced by tumors.

Shen, Li, MD, PhD
Molecular biology and pathogenesis of Chlamydia; global gene regulatory mechanisms.

Sturtevant, Joy, PhD
Candida albicans response to environmental changes and adaptation to the mammalian host.

Thompson, James J., PhD
Immunochemistry; Immune responses; Viruses; Autoimmunity

Zea, Arnold H., PhD
T cell dysfunction in patients with tuberculosis and cancer, mechanisms regulating

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Dental School
Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology (Adjunct Faculty)

Fidel, Jr., Paul, PhD
Immunology, cellular and mucosal; Candidiasis, immunoregulation of recurrent vaginal or oral

Palmer, Glen, PhD
Mechanisms of fungal adaptation and differentiation during colonization and infection of the mammalian host.

Noverr, Mairi, PhD

Wen, Zezhang Tom, PhD
Molecular characterization of oral biofilms and regulation of Streptococcus mutans pathogenicity.

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Research Institute at Children's Hospital (Adjunct Faculty)

Cutler, Jim E., PhD
Candida albicans and candidiasis; Host-fungal relationships

Dickinson, Bonny L., PhD
Transepithelial trafficking of the neonatal receptor for IgG, FcRn; Mechanism of the cholera and heat-labile enterotoxins

Ferris, Michael, PhD
Microbial ecology; Molecular taxonomy; Polymicrobial diseases; Bacterial vaginosis
 
Fox, Deborah S., PhD
Cryptococcus neoformans; Signal transduction 

Pincus, Seth, MD
Biologic effects of immunoglobulins; Antibodies in infectious diseases

Wang, Ping, PhD
Cryptococcus neoformans; Signal transduction

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Adjunct Faculty

Figueroa II, Julio, PhD
Azaftig, a novel protein derived from cancer and AIDS patients that induces weight loss and lipolysis.

Hagensee, Michael, MD, PhD
Immunology and structure of human papillomaviruses 

Ikuta, Kazuyoshi, PhD
HIV-defective particles and host immunological responses; role of Borna disease virus in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease.

Martin, David H., MD
Sexually transmitted infections; epidemiology and pathophysiology of Chlamydia trachomatis infections; effect of genitourinary pathogens on pregnancy outcome in humans.

Nelson, Steve, MD, CM, FCCP
Alcohol and inflammatory responses in the lung

Prakash, Om, PhD
Transgenic mouse models of gene regulation; retroviruses; molecular mechanisms of HIV latency and activation; anti-HIV drugs.

Ramsay, Alistair J., PhD
HIV/AIDS, immunology of; TB infection, immunology of; Vaccination, development of novel strategies

Sanders, Charles V., MD
Clinical and laboratory evaluation of newer antibicrobial agents in the treatment of aerobic and anaerobic infections.

Shellito, Judd E., MD
Host defense mechanisms against pulmonary infection; AIDS and alcohol consumption; Occupational/environmental medicine; Silicosis; Asbestosis; Malignant mesothelioma; Inhalation lung injury; Occupational asthma

Taylor, Stephanie N., MD
Sexually transmitted infections; pathogenesis, molecular biology, and animal models of Haemophilus ducreyi infection; identification and detection of H. ducreyi and other pathogens using recombinant antibody techniques and mass spectrometry.