Infectious disease pathogenesis research by department faculty includes neuropathogenesis of flaviviruses (dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses) and HIV; host:pathogen interactions during malaria, helminth, and angiostrongylus infections; and disease mechanisms of chlamydia, human papillomavirus, and influenza infections.
John M. Berestecky, Ph.D. | Enteric bacteria including Campylobacter |
Linda Chang, MD | Application of advanced neuroimaging techniques to study brain changes associated with HIV, substance abuse, brain development and aging |
William L. Gosnell, Ph.D. | Host parasite interactions, malaria, immunology |
Brenda Hernandez, Ph.D. | Human papilloma virus, hepatitis virus, viral carcinogenesis, epidemiology |
Virginia S. Hinshaw, Ph.D. | Influenza virus epidemiology, pathogenicity, immunology and vaccines |
Pakiele H. Kaufusi, Ph.D. | Pathogenesis of West Nile virus |
James F. Kelley, Ph.D. | Pathogenesis of flaviviruses |
Kenton J. Kramer, Ph.D. | Parasitology, epidemiology, leptospirosis, HIV serodiagnosis |
Mukesh Kumar, Ph.D. | Virus-host interactions |
Marian E. Melish, MD | Staphylococcal infection and toxins, clinical infectious disease, Kawasaki syndrome |
Frederick Mercier, Ph.D. | Mechanisms controlling neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation in the adult brain |
Vivek R. Nerurkar, Ph.D. | Pathogenesis of infectious diseases, delineating cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying microbe-host interaction |
Bruce Shiramizu, MD | Pathology of HIV-associated disorder |
Elizabeth K. Tam, MD | Inflammation, immunologic mechanisms of pulmonary diseases, genetic and environmental determinants of asthma |
Saguna Verma, Ph.D. | Molecular, biochemical aspects of viral diseases |
Wei-Kung Wang MD, DS | Pathogenesis of arboviral and zoonotic viruses |
Angel Yanagihara, Ph.D. | Biochemistry of cubozoan venom |