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People who work in Viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogenesis

Researchers determining the tools pathogens use for transmission, infection and survival, and investigating ways to overcome them (e.g. through vaccine or drug development).

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Faculty
Name Email/phone Interests include:
Bjornstad, Ottar  
  • Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology
  • Adjunct Professor in Statistics
onb1@psu.edu
814-863-2983
   (University Park) 		Outbreak and persistence of infectious disease (ecological statistics, population dynamics, species interactions, spatial dynamics, ecology of infectious disease).
Bonneau, Robert  
  • Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
rhb3@psu.edu
717-531-4078
   (Hershey) 		Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stress-induced, neuroendocrine-mediated modulation of the immune response to herpes simplex virus infections.
Cui, Liwang  
  • Associate Professor of Entomology
luc2@psu.edu
814-863-7663
   (University Park) 		Insect biochemistry and molecular biology; molecular parasitology; medical entomology; host-parasite/pathogen interactions.
Dudley, Edward  
  • Assistant Professor of Food Science
egd100@psu.edu
814-867-0439
   (University Park) 		Mechanisms of environmental survival and virulence of pathogens associated with foodborne disease.
Frisque, Richard  
  • Professor of Molecular Virology
rjf6@psu.edu
814-863-3523
   (University Park) 		Investigating the pathogenic behavior of JC virus, especially in immunosuppressed individuals.
Harvill, Eric  
  • Associate Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Disease
harvill@psu.edu
814-863-8522
   (University Park) 		Interactions between bacterial pathogens and host immunology.
He, Biao  
  • Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science
bxh40@psu.edu
814-863-8533
   (University Park) 		Viral pathogenesis focusing on the interactions between paramyxoviruses and hosts. Development of antiviral drugs and virus vectors, for vaccine development and gene therapy.
Hudson, Peter  
  • Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
  • Willaman Professor of Biology
pjh18@psu.edu
814-865-6057
   (University Park) 		Wildlife disease ecology: the transmission and dynamics of parasites in wild animals, with particular emphasis on zoonotic infections and parasite community structure.
Kennett, Mary  
  • Professor of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
  • Director, Animal Resource Program
mjk26@psu.edu
814-865-1495
   (University Park) 		The pathogenesis of infectious disease: examining bacterial virulence and associated pathology in relation to host immune responses.
Norbury, Chris  
  • Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
ccn1@psu.edu
717-531-7204
   (Hershey) 		The role of macrophages and dendritic cells in antigen presentation, antiviral immunity and in chronic inflammation during diabetes.
Ott, Troy  
  • Associate Professor of Reproductive Physiology
tlo12@psu.edu
814-441-2657
   (University Park) 		Fertility and reproductive immunology in domestic farm animals. Improving diagnosis of infertility and viral infections.
Paulson, Robert (Bob)  
  • Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science
rfp5@psu.edu
814-863-6306
   (University Park) 		Roles of host genes in restricting infection by Friend erythroleukemia virus.
Schmitt, Anthony (Tony)  
  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Immunology and Infectious Diseases
aps13@psu.edu
814-863-6781
   (University Park) 		The process of paramyxovirus particle formation by budding: identifying and characterizing viral proteins used in budding, and learning how these manipulate host budding machinery to allow virus release.
Teng, Michael  
  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
mnt2@psu.edu
814-865-4347
   (University Park) 		Virus-host interactions in the pathogenesis of viral infection.