Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Disease: Infection Research: Evaluating host-pathogen and immune responses to Vibrio cholerae (the cause of cholera) and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Paratyphi A (the cause of typhoid/paratyphoid fever).
Secondary Faculty
Jeffrey D. Dvorin
Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Disease: Malaria Research: our laboratory investigates the molecular pathogenesis of infection by the parasites that cause human malaria.
Sudha Biddinger
Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Metabolism Diseases: Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Fatty liver disease, and Gallstones Research: Defining the molecular chain of events that link obesity, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, and gallstones.
Nika Danial
Diseases: Diabetes, Cancer and Seizure Disorders Research: Molecular determinants and functional consequences of metabolic fuel choice and flexibility in health and disease.
Immaculata De Vivo
Diseases: Hormonal Cancers – Endometrial, Breast and Ovarian Research: Understand mechanisms of carcinogenesis and to establish association with disease for future prevention.
Jean Schaffer
Diseases: Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease Research: Mechanisms through which metabolic stress leads to cell dysfunction and cell death.