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

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

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

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

Fox, Deborah S., PhD
Cryptococcus neoformans; Signal transduction 

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

Hobden, Jeffery A., PhD
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, immune responses of, as related primarily to ocular infections; Bacterial pathogenesis, molecular mechanisms of, especially pathogenic

Johnston, Kenneth H., PhD
Bacterial plasminogen activators as initiators of on disease; Oyster defensins with particular emphasis on their role in the modulation of bacterial infections; Vibrio species, proteonomic analyses of

Kelly, Ben, Ph.D
Host-parasite interactions: pathogenesis of Leishmania infection, parasite differentiation and replication, host responses to Leishmania.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sturtevant, Joy, PhD
Role of the Candida albicans and Trypanosoma cruzi 14-3-3 proteins in response to environmental changes and adaptation to the mammalian host.

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

Wang, Ping, PhD
Cryptococcus neoformans; Signal transduction

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

Adjunct Faculty

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephanie N. Taylor, 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.

Raymond Yukna, DDS
Regeneration in periodontal therapy, including evaluation of bone replacement graft materials, guided tissue barriers, attachment proteins, and lasers.

Fellows

Maria Lewis, PhD
Lab: Alison Quayle
Phone: 568-2103

Xiancai Rao, PhD
Lab:  Li Shen
Phone: 568-2152

Ziyu Hua, PhD
Lab: Li Shen
Phone: 568-2152

Doug Johnston, PhD
Lab: Joy Sturtevant
Phone: 568-4413

 Emeritus Faculty

William Gallaher, PhD
Joseph Miller, PhD 
Max Oeschger, PhD 
H. Adele Spence, PhD