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Research Faculty
Alistair Ramsay, Ph.D.
LVC Director
Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: host immunity to intracellular pathogens, vaccine development, vaccine delivery technology
John Clements, Ph.D.
LVC Steering Committee
Professor and Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Research Interests: adjuvants, bacterial pathogenesis, vaccine development, molecular aspects of the host-parasite relationship
Jay Kolls, MD
LVC Steering Committee
Chair, Department of Genetics, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Pneumocystis infection, lung disease and the mechanisms of action of IL-23 and 17
Nirbhay Kumar, Ph.D.
LVC Steering Committee
Chair and Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Research Interests: malaria immunobiology and vaccine development; parasite-vector interactions
Tarun Mandal, Ph.D.
LVC Steering Committee
McCaffrey/Norwood Professor of Pharmacy Director, Center for Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery
Xavier University of Louisiana
Research Interests: pulmonary, oral, subcutaneous/intramuscular, and transdermal delivery of medicine using novel drug delivery and nanotechnology
Seth Pincus, MD
LVC Steering Committee
Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Microbiology & Nelson Ordway Professor of Pediatrics at LSUHSC-NO and Director of the Research Institute for Children in New Orleans
Research Interests: biologic effects of immunoglobulins; antibodies in infectious diseases
Askok Aiyar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Eptstein-Barr virus pathogenesis, gene expression and replication
Angela Amedee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: pathogenesis and mother-to-infant transmission of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV)
Gregory Bagby, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Kai and Earl Rozas Professor of Physiology, Professor of Physical Therapy, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: alcohol impact on SIV transmission, pathogenesis, progression and therapy, pulmonary host defense and sepsis, mechanisms and consequences of alcohol-induced immunosuppression
Daniel G. Bausch, MD
Associate Professor, Tropical Medicine, TUHSC
Research Interests: epidemiology and control of viral hemorrhagic fevers and emerging pathogens, building research capacity in developing countries, health and human rights
James Blanchard, DVM, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Chair, Division of Collaborative Research, TUNPRC
Research Interests: SIV/AIDS, nonhuman primate medicine
Stephanie Broyles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Epidemiology
Stephania Cormier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: neonatal respiratory immunology, respiratory tract viral infection, inhalation exposures and host defense genome-environment interactions in airways disease
Jim Cutler, Ph.D.
Professor, Pediatrics and Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO;
Adjunct Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University HSC
Research Interests: Candida albicans and candidiasis, host-fungal relationships
Peter Didier, DVM, Ph.D.
Veterinary Pathologist, Department of Tropical Medicine, TUHSC; Clinical Associate, Professor, Division of Comparative Pathology, TUNPRC
Research Interests: TB diagnosis, vaccines, and pathogenesis; West Nile virus pathogenesis; microsporidiosis drug testing model
Michael Ferris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: microbial ecology, molecular taxonomy, polymicrobial diseases, and bacterial vaginosis
Paul Fidel, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology; Director, Center of Excellence in Oral and Craniofacial Biology; Associate Dean for Research, LSU School of Dentistry, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: immunology, cellular and mucosal candidiasis, immunoregulation of recurrent vaginal or oral infection
Timothy Foster, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular virus-host interactions that function to modulate host viral responses
Lucia Freytag, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Department of Microbiology and Immunology, TUHSC
Research Interests: Host-parasite interactions in fungal and bacterial infections, vaccines, adjuvants, immunity, pathogenesis
Robert Garry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, TUHSC
Research Interests: Virology, Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
Scott Grayson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tulane University
Research Interests: macromolecular architecture, material and medical applications
Paula Gregory, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetics, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Genetics Education
Michael Hagensee, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: human immune response against human papillomavirus, novel PCR techniques to detect HPV DNA
Kyle Happel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: bacterial host defenses in the lungs, particularly the adaptive immune response
James Hill, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, Microbiology and Neuroscience LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Pathogenesis and chemotherapy of viral and bacterial keratitis; unique drug delivery systems
Jeffery Hobden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ocular infections; antibiotic susceptibility testing; biofilms and orthotics
S. Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Director Tulane Center for Aging, TUHSC
Research Interests: genetics of aging, Population Genetics
Vijay John, Ph.D.
Leo S. Weil Professor and Department Chair, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University
Research Interests: self-assembly and nanostructured materials, Polymer/nanoparticle composites, biomolecular materials, microemulsion systems, clathrate hydrate thermodynamics
Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, TUNPRC
Research Interests: tuberculosis, bioinformatics
K. Gus Kousoulas, Ph.D.
The Mary Louise Martin Professor of Virology, Director, Division of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine (BIOMMED), Director, LSU-Tulane Center for Experimental Infectious Disease Research, LSU
Research Interests: molecular basis of various diseases, development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases
Pamela Kozlowski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: HIV vaccine development, HIV pathogenesis, and mucosal immunity to HIV
Andrew Lackner, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Comparative Pathology, TUNPRC
Research Interests: Pathogenesis of infectious diseases using NHPs
Thomas Lallier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Anatomy, LSU-Dental School
Research Interests: molecular mechanisms of cell migration
Samuel J. Landry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Tulane University
Research Interests: protein folding and protein-protein interactions; molecular chaperone proteins; antigen processing
Janet Leigh, DMD
Head of Department; Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology; Adjunct Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSU-Dental School
David Martin, MD
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases; Harry E. Dascomb Professor of Medicine; Professor of Microbiology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: epidemiology, genital ulcer disease, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, Chlamydia pneumoniae infection
Carol Mason, MD
Professor of Medicine; Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy, MCLNO; Staff Physician, MCLNO, Ochsner
Research Interests: general pulmonary diseases; mechanisms of pulmonary host defense against infections
James McLachlan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, TUHSC
Research Interests: Bacterial Pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, adaptive immunity to infection, role of CD4+ T helper cells during infection and disease
Lisa Morici, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor; Department of Microbiology and Immunology; TUHSC
Research Interests: Bacterial pathogens capable of establishing chronic infections represent a significant challenge in the field of medical microbiology
Christopher N. Mores, SM, ScD
Associate Professor of Pathobiological Sciences; LSU-BR
Research Interests: Mechanisms and transmission of arboviruses
Steve Nelson, MD
Dean of LSUHSC School of Medicine; John H. Seabury Professor of Medicine; Professor of Physiology; Director and Principal Investigator, Alcohol Research Center, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: host defense; sepsis; cytokines
Mairi Noverr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Oral and Cranoiofacial Biology LSUHSC-Dental School
Research Interests: investigating mechanisms of immunomodulation by the opportunistic yeast Candida albicans during host-pathogen infections
Bapi Pahar, DVM, MVSc, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Comparative Pathology, TUNPRC
Research Interests: virus, AIDS, infectious diseases, mucosal immunology, memory B cells
Duna Penn, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: neonatal nutrition and metabolism, myocardial lipid metabolism, Carnitine deficiency and metabolism
Alison Quayle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis in the human female genital tract, Chlamydia trachomatis persistence in the human female genital tract
James Robinson, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Tulane Hospital for Children, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics at Tulane Hospital for Children
Resaerch Interests: EBV and HIV Infections
Chad Roy, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Microbiology, TUNPRC
Research Interests: infectious disease aerobiology, transmissibility of disease
John Schieffellin, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Disease, TUHSC
Research Interests: pathogen-antibody interactions, neutralizing and enhancing antibodies that target dengue virus and B cell epitopes in Lassa fever
Judd Shellito, MD
Section Chief, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine; Jim Lowenstein Professor of Medicine; Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology; Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Host defense mechanisms against pulmonary infection, AIDS and alcohol, consumption, occupational/environmental medicine, silicosis, asbestosis, malignant mesothelioma, inhalation lung injury, occupational asthma
Li Shen, MD, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
Research Interests; Molecular biology and pathogenesis of Chlamydia; global gene regulatory mechanisms
Joy Sturtevant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Molecular Mycology
Fern Tsien, Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Genetics LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: Chromatin instability in lymphomas, Chromosomal instability in multipotent stem cells, Genetics education
David A Welsh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: adult stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), emphysema, aging, HIV
Zezhang Tom Wen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: molecular characterization of oral biofilm and regulation of Streptococcus mutans pathogenicity
Arnold Zea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO
Research Interests: cancer and tumor immunology, immunology of tuberculosis, biomarkers |
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