Research

My work now focuses on academia and curriculum development in the education of both graduate and medical students. However, I would love to collaborate or consult. Pathogens have evolved to thwart our immune response and/or 'peacefully' reside within our body. How do they do  this? Our  laboratory  focused on the initial interactions between pathogen and host, and the intracellular signaling events that dictate a response in either host or pathogen. Most of our research dealt with the most common opportunistic fungal pathogen,  Candida albicans. Molecular genetic, proteomic, cell culture and cell biology techniques were used to answer these questions. Our rationale was if we can advance our knowledge of how pathogens adapt and survive in the host; this will assist in the identification of new antimicrobial strategies.

Publications

For a list of publications, click here.

Teaching

Introduction to Microbial Pathogenesis  (co-course director)

Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Eukaryotes (co-course director)

Medical Immunology (co-course director)

Disease and Therapy of the Pulmonary System (co-course director)

Fundamentals of Immunology 

Foundations Disease and Therapy - (medical mycology)

Clinical Skills Integration

Committees & Administrative Responsibilities

MIP Graduate Program, Co-coordinator

MIP Graduate Student Qualifying Committee, Chairman

MIP Emergency Preparedness Committee Member

LSUHSC-SOG IDP Curriculum Development Committee

LSUSHC-SOG MD/PhD Admissions Committee

LSUHSC-SOG Committee on SAC Accreditation

LSUHSC-SOM PreClerkship Course Directors, Chairman

LSUHSC-SOM Course Evaluation Committee, Chairman

LSUHSC-SOM Curriculum Renewal Committee, Chairman

LSUHSC-SOM Curriculum Steering Committee

LSUHSC-SOM Academic Standards

LSUHSC-SOM Student Promotions Committee