The Immunology and Infectious Disease emphasis area provides students with a Ph.D. program that focuses on cancer immunology; immune mediated diseases; infectious disease dynamics; and viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogenesis.
In addition to specialized coursework, students conduct original research in collaboration with a faculty mentor into basic mechanisms of disease, often utilizing animal models.
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Jordan Bisanz
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The interface of microbiology and bioinformatics, with approaches including genomics and metabolomics to investigate the. . .
Ottar Bjornstad
- Huck Chair of Epidemiology
- Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Biology
Population ecology and population dynamics with particular emphasis on mathematical and computational aspects
Seth Bordenstein
- Director of the One Health Microbiome Center
- Huck Chair in Microbiome Sciences
The evolutionary and genetic principles that shape symbiotic interactions between animals, microbes, and viruses and the. . .
Margherita Cantorna
- Director of the Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Distinguished Professor of Molecular Immunology
Understanding the working of the immune system. Utilizing animal models of several human diseases including enteric. . .
Isabella Cattadori
- Professor of Biology
Immuno-epidemiology of co-infection, how host immunity modulates parasite interactions and transmission and how host. . .
Edward Dudley
- Professor of Food Science
- Director of E. coli Reference Center
Mechanisms driving toxin production in Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli; use of genome sequencing to track pathogen. . .
Kara Fikrig
- Assistant Professor of Vector Ecology
The intersection of entomology and public health, with a focus on understanding the drivers and barriers of mosquito. . .
Sagan Friant
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Evolutionary anthropology of human health, disease ecology, nutrition, socio-ecological systems, bushmeat hunting, Nigeria.
Erika Ganda
- Emphasis Area Representative, Microbiome Sciences
- Associate Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes
Developing practical ways to leverage the microbiome to improve food safety and improve food production animals' production. . .
Jessica Grembi
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
The Grembi lab studies the host-microbiota interplay, with a particular focus on the small intestine, where 90% of nutrient. . .
Urara Hasegawa
- Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
The development of polymeric nanomaterials for controlled delivery of drug and bioactive signaling molecules
Kevin Hockett
- Huck Early Career Chair
- Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology
Biological Control, Biology and Ecology of Plant-Microbe and Plant-Environment Interactions, Microbial Ecology and Population. . .
Christian Huber
- Associate Professor of Biology
How evolutionary mechanisms such as mutation, recombination, and natural selection shape genetic diversity and the. . .
Peter Hudson
- Former Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Willaman Professor of Biology
Population dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife and the dynamics of parasite community structure.
Camilla Hughes
- Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology
Reproductive biology, ovarian function, and reproductive-immune interaction
Wen Jiang
- Faculty Advocate of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility
- Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Joyce Jose
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Virus-host interactions involved in the pathogenesis of alphaviruses and flaviviruses. Analysis of virus induced structures. . .
Parisa Kalantari
- Assistant Professor of Immunology
Host-parasite interactions using Schistosoma mansoni-induced liver inflammation in mouse models. Modulation of immune. . .
Vivek Kapur
- Huck Distinguished Chair in Global Health
- Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
The basic mechanisms by which pathogenic microbes successfully infect, colonize, and cause disease in their hosts.
Joshua Kellogg
- Emphasis Area Representative, Molecular Toxicology
- Associate Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Development of new metabolomics tools for chemical and biological characterization of complex systems. Discovery of new. . .
David Kennedy
- Associate Professor of Biology
Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, with particular interest in how disease dynamics influence pathogen emergence,. . .
Girish Kirimanjeswara
- Emphasis Area Representative, Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Associate Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Science
Establishing the Virulence Factors
Jasna Kovac
- Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety
- Associate Professor of Food Science
Integrating epidemiological, microbiological, molecular and omics methods to better understand microbial pathogenic. . .
Scott Lindner
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
RNA/protein complexes, translational control, and the specialized ribosomes of malaria parasites using sequencing,. . .
Elizabeth McGraw
- Professor and Huck Scholar in Entomology
The genetics of vector, pathogen and symbiont interactions.
Melanie McReynolds
- Huck Early Career Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The biochemistry behind aging and its intersection with stress, with the long-term goal of identifying strategies that. . .
Scott Medina
- Director, Center for Biodevices
- Korb Early Career Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Design of bio-inspired functional materials that serve as new tools in precision medicine. Understanding how peptides and. . .
Timothy Meredith
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding how bacterial cell surface complex lipids are synthesized, to characterize structural modifications in response. . .
Ipsita Mohanty
- Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
At the Mohanty Lab, we seek to decode the chemical language of the microbiome, uncovering how microbial metabolites act as. . .
Katsuhiko Murakami
- Director of the Center for Structural Biology
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structural and Mechanistic Enzymology of Prokaryotic RNA Polymerases
Troy Ott
- Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences
- C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences
Reproductive immunology and the physiology of early pregnancy.
Robert Paulson
- Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
The Paulson lab studies the mechanisms that regulate tissue regeneration with a focus on understanding the response to anemic. . .
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu
- Professor of Immunology and Molecular Toxicology
Molecular mechanisms by which bioactives such as selenium, omega-3 fatty acids, and other products of natural origin alter. . .
Jason Rasgon
- Professor of Entomology and Disease Epidemiology
Integrating population biology, ecology, molecular tools and theory to address fundamental and applied questions related to. . .
Joseph Reese
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gene regulation in cell cycle and DNA damage control; regulation of DNA damage-induced transcription.
Anthony Schmitt
- Professor of Molecular Immunology and Infectious Diseases
The process of paramyxovirus particle formation by budding: identifying and characterizing viral proteins used in budding,. . .
Amir Sheikhi
- Huck Early Career Chair in Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering
- Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Micro- and nanoengineered soft materials for medicine and the environment; microfluidic-enabled biomaterials for tissue. . .
Vishal Singh
- Associate Professor of Nutritional Physiology and Microbiome
Moriah Szpara
- Professor of Biology
How genetic variation influences the outcomes of viral infection, particularly for neurotropic viruses such as herpes simplex. . .
Emily Weinert
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The mechanisms by which bacteria sense and respond to the environment, as well as how these signaling proteins/pathways. . .
Laura Weyrich
- Professor of Anthropology
Reconstructing ancient oral microbiomes and supporting ancient DNA analysis of past humans, environments, and animals.
Ruobo Zhou
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Quantitatively and functionally understanding the compartmentalization and spatiotemporal organization of protein-protein and. . .