Mary Brown
- Studies how mycoplasmas cause respiratory and urogenital infections in animals and humans.
- Develops diagnostic tools and models for emerging mycoplasmal diseases in reptiles and livestock.
- Investigates links between mycoplasmas and reproductive or urinary tract health in women.
Roy Curtiss
- Develops recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccines (RASVs) for oral, needle-free immunization.
- Studies bacterial pathogenicity and designs safe, effective live vaccines using genetic engineering.
- Innovates vaccine delivery and containment strategies to target infectious diseases and cancer.
Rhoel Dinglasan
- Applying systems biology, bench-to-bedside approaches to understand vector-borne disease transmission dynamics.
- Investigating host–pathogen interactions and pathogen developmental biology to drive the development of vaccines, vaccine delivery platforms, and point-of-need diagnostics.
- Investigating the mechanisms by which bacteria use virulence factors to evade immune detection and cause disease.
Clayton Mathews
- Studies immune regulation and beta cell dysfunction in type 1 diabetes.
- Investigates early disease markers using proteomics and transcriptomics.
- Develops immunotherapies to delay or prevent diabetes progression.
Ayalew Mergia
- Exploring host–virus interactions to inform therapeutic and vaccine development.
Julie M. Moore
- Using human studies, in vitro cell culture models, and mouse models to study malaria pathogenesis in pregnancy and deepen understanding of placental biology in health and disease.
Cuong Nguyen
- Studies the causes and progression of Sjögren’s syndrome to improve diagnostics and therapies.
- Develops antibody-based treatments for Zika and Dengue using single-cell technology.
- Creates rapid diagnostic tools for detecting oxalate in kidney stone disease.
Bikash Sahay
- Studies the human gut microbiota and its role in health and disease.
- Identifies beneficial microbes and their products for therapeutic use.
- Explores microbiota-based treatments for infections and other conditions.
Banikalyan Swain
- Develops novel vaccines and immunotherapies for aquatic animal pathogens.
- Investigates host-pathogen interactions and immune signaling in fish.
- Focuses on improving aquaculture health through molecular immunology.
Kuttichantran Subramaniam
- Characterizes emerging viruses in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
- Uses phylogenomics to study viral biology, evolution, and epidemiology.
- Develops broad diagnostic tools for virus detection across species.
Shifeng Wang
- Develops recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccines (RASVs) for infectious diseases.
- Focuses on Salmonella, Streptococcus pneumonia, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and influenza.
- Aims to enhance vaccine efficacy for human, veterinary, and poultry health.
- Examining transcriptional and metabolic regulation of tissue immune responses in health and disease.
