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
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: malariaimmunobiology andvaccine 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 Research Interests: biologic effects of immunoglobulins; antibodies in infectious diseases
Askok Aiyar, Ph.D.
AssociateProfessor, 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.
Emeritus Professor of Physiology, 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
James Blanchard, DVM, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Chair, Division of Collaborative Research, TUNPRC Research Interests: SIV/AIDS, nonhuman primate medicine
Jennifer Cameron, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: DNA tumor pathogenesis, virus-host interactions, viral co-infections and impact on human health and development of diagnostic and prognostic cancer screening
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
Luis Del Valle, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Neurovirology
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 ofMicrobiology, 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 andImmunology, TUHSC Research Interests: Virology, Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
Scott Grayson, Ph.D.
Associate 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 andNeuroscienceLSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Pathogenesis and chemotherapy of viral and bacterialkeratitis; unique drug delivery systems
Jeffery Hobden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor ofMicrobiology, Immunology, Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ocular infections; antibiotic susceptibility testing; biofilms and orthotics
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
Doug Johnston, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: fungal pathogenesis and human host response to bloodstream infection
Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, TUNPRC Research Interests: tuberculosis, bioinformatics
Ben Kelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms required for parasite viability and virulence in leishmaniasis
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
Samuel J. Landry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Tulane University Research Interests: protein folding and protein-protein interactions; molecular chaperone proteins; antigen processing
Meng Luo, Ph.D.
Instructor-Research, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Human and animal microbiomes using next generation sequencing platform 454 GS FLX+
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
Christopher McGowin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC Research Interests: Mucosal pathogenesis of Mycoplasma genitalium and other sexually transmitted 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.
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
Christopher Parsons, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine and Microbiology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Clinical trials for cancer treatment and prevention in the setting of HIV infection
Francesca Peruzzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Signaling and molecular mechanisms of neurobiological dysfunction caused by HIV-1
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
Zhiqiang Qin, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpes virus pathogenesis and tumorigenesis; virus-host interaction; virus-bacteria co-infection in immunocompromised patients; bacterial biofilms
Krzysztof Reiss, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: DNA repair and mutagenesis in medulloblastoma, molcular pathways in neurological cancer
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
Paulo Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Resaerch Interests: Modulation of cell signaling in leukemias by amino acid L-Arginine; mechanisms of T-cell suppression induced by tumors
Chad Roy, Ph.D.
Associate 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
Jim Lowenstein Professor of Medicine; Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, 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.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO 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
Christopher Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: BioInformatics and Computational Biology specifically related to applications of high throughput sequencing
Fern Tsien, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Chromatin instability in lymphomas, Chromosomal instability in multipotent stem cells, Genetics education
Guoshun Wang, DVM, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Phagocytic Innate Immunity, Cystic Fibrosis, Gene Therapy and Stem Cells
Ping Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine, Research Institute for Children and LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: Cryptococcus neoformans; Signal transduction
David A Welsh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, LSUHSC-NO Research Interests: adult stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), emphysema, aging, HIV
Zezhang Tom Wen, Ph.D.
Associate 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