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Faculty

Infectious Disease co-director

Susan Uprichard, PhD

Professor

    Co-Director, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Institute

      Research Interests:

      • Hepatology Research

Nina Clark, MD

Director, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Institute

Bryan Mounce, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Bryan Mounce, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Virus-host interactions at the metabolic interface

InDIRI MS Graduate Program Director

Mounce Lab

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Prabhodh Abbineni, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Prabhodh Abbineni, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Molecular regulation of the secretory pathway to understand how this pathway modulates intercellular communication innate immunity, and inflammation.

Infectious Disease Faculty

Fritzie Albarillo, MD

Susan C. Baker, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Susan C. Baker, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Study how viruses replicate and cause disease,. Identifying and characterizing viral proteins that modulate host response to infection.

Jonathan Allen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Jonathan Allen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Molecular mechanisms by which the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to cause severe and invasive infections.

Infectious Disease Faculty

Pauline Camacho, MD

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Edward Campbell, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Edward Campbell, PhD

Professor and Chair

Microbiology & Immunology

    Research Interests:

    • Cellular factors promoting or inhibiting HIV-1 infection; prion-like spread of amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases; the role of inflammation in disease pathogenesis.

Mashkoor Choudhry, PhD Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Mashkoor Choudhry, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

    Research Interests:

    • Gut immunity and epithelial barrier in response to injury.

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James Cook, MD

Infectious Disease

Infectious Disease MD

Daniel F. Dilling, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM

Professor Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program

Thomas Gallagher, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Thomas Gallagher, PhD

Microbiology / Immunology

Gopal Gupta, MD, FACS

Infectious Disease

Justin Harbison

Associate Professor

Public Health Sciences

David Hecht, MD

Infectious Disease

Alyson M Hockenberry, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Alyson Hockenberry, PhD

Microbiology / Immunology

Faculty Sept. 2025

Karthik Hullahalli

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Host-microbe interactions in bacterial infection

Makio Iwashima, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Makio Iwashima PhD

Microbiology/ Immunology

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James (Hong-Long) Ji, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Surgery

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Stuart Johnson, MD

Infectious Disease

Katherine L. Knight, PhD, Professor and Chair, Microbiology & Immunology

Katherine L. Knight, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

    Research Interests:

    • Host-microbe interaction that affect the immune system; Trained immunity

Abby Kroken, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Abby Kroken, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Host-pathogen interaction at the ocular surface leading to bacterial keratitis.

Phong T. Le, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Phong T. Le, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

    Research Interests:

    • Biology of human thymic epithelial cells (TECs)

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Rochella Ostrowski, MD

Microbiology / Immunology

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Susan Pacheco, MD

Infectious Disease

Catherine Putonti, PhD, Professor

Catherine Putonti, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Bacteria and phages of the bladder. Viral Genetic diversity

Infectious Disease Faculty

Gail Reid, MD

Infectious Disease

Infectious Disease Faculty

Jorge Parada, MD

Infectious Disease

Liang Qiao, MD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Liang Qiao, MD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

    Research Interests:

    • Innate immunity, mucosal immunity, and vaccine development.

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Scott Smith, MD, PhD

Hematology / Oncology

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Alexsia Richards, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Use of human pluripotent stem cell–derived cells and tissues to model viral infection of the central nervous system (CNS)

Dorothy K. Sojka, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Dorothy K. Sojka, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Advancing endometrial health to help treat pregnancy complications by targeting resident natural killer cells in the female reproductive tract.

Patrick Stiff, MD

Hematology / Oncology

Karen Visick, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Karen Visick, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

    Research Interests:

    • Biofilm formation and dispersal in the context of an animal using the Vibrio fischeri-squid mutualism as a model.

Alan J. Wolfe, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Alan J. Wolfe, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

    Research Interests:

    • Bacterial protein acetylation and the urinary microbiome.

Yee Ling Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Yee Ling Wu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Immune regulation of antibody generation and genetic diversity of innate immunity in health and diseases.

Qun Sophia Zang, PhD, Associate Professor

Qun Sophia Zang, PhD

Associate Professor

Infectious Disease Faculty

Michael Zilliox, PhD

Public Health Sciences

Herbert L. Mathews, PhD, Professor Emeritus

Herbert L. Mathews, PhD

Professor Emeritus