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Philip Mudd, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Our laboratory studies the characteristics and function of human T cells that recognize viral pathogens following vaccination or during acute infection.

Key words
translational research, human immunology, T cell, viral infection, influenza

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Anthony Orvedahl, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Understanding factors that regulate host immune responses to infectious and sterile triggers of severe inflammation

Key words

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Jacqueline Elise Payton, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Epigenomic aberrations in B cell lymphomas and their impact on gene regulation

Key words
epigenomics, cancer, lymphoma, histone, informatics, genomics, gene regulation

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Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD

Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Immune Evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Key words
tuberculosis, host-pathogen interactions, innate immunity, autophagy, lipid metabolism, phagosome maturation, antigen presentation, macrophage

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Gwendalyn J Randolph, PhD

Emil R. Unanue Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
We focus on inter-organ communication and the transit of cells and molecules out of tissues in healthy and disease states

Key words
lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, IBD, monocytes, macrophages, high-density lipoprotein, peritoneal tumor metastasis, peritoneal macrophages

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Lee Ratner, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Molecular biology and pathogenesis of HIV and HTLV

Key words
lymphocytes, virology, AIDS, leukemia, HIV, HTLV, NF kB

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Courtney Reichhardt, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Investigating the fundamental biophysical principles of biofilm assembly

Key words

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Felipe Ribeiro, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understanding the neuroimmune basis of infectious and non-infectious diseases

Key words
Pain and sensory disorders; Infectious diseases; Neuroimmunology; Host-microbe interactions

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David Rosen, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Pathogenesis and host response to Klebsiella pneumoniae infections

Key words
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Antibiotic Resistance, Pneumonia, Urinary Tract Infection, Neonatal Sepsis, Virulence Factors, Adaptive Immunity

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Drew Schwartz, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Pediatric gut microbiome and immune disruption in serious bacterial infections

Key words
Microbiome, sepsis, bacteremia, infectious diseases, immune response, pediatrics