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Research Groups

Host Defense Group

Botond Bánfi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Polly Ferguson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Prajwal Gurung, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
John T. Harty, PhD*
Professor of Microbiology
Priya Issuree, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Julia Klesney-Tait, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Kevin Legge, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Thorsten Maretzky, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Paul McCray, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Craig Morita, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
William M. Nauseef, MD*
Emeritus Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Elizabeth Newell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD*
Professor of Microbology
Mary E. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
 

Molecular Pathogenesis Group

Viral Pathogenesis Subgroup

Zuhair Ballas, MD
Professor of Medicine (Allergy)
Gail Bishop, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
Charles Grose, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Hillel Haim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Aloysius J. Klingelhutz, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Wendy Maury, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Jeffery Meier, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
David Price, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Richard J. Roller, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
Jack Stapleton, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
C. Martin Stoltzfus, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Microbiology)
Joseph Zabner, MD
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
   

Bacterial Pathogenesis Subgroup

John T. Harty, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Microbiology)
Li Wu, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
Paul McCray, MD*
Professor of Pediatrics
Craig Morita, MD, PhD*
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
William M. Nauseef, MD*
Emeritus Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Patricia L. Winokur, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Associate Members

   
Steven Clegg, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Microbiology)
Daniel J. Diekema, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Timothy L. Yahr, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Bradley Jones, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
   

Eukaryotic Pathogenesis Subgroup

Noah Butler, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
John T. Harty, PhD
Professor of Microbiology 
Louis V. Kirchhoff, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
W. Scott Moye-Rowley, PhD
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Mary E. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
 

Hospital epidemiology/Healthcare Research

Karen Brust, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Michihiko Goto, MD, MSCI, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Loreen Herwaldt, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Takaaki Kobayashi, MD, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Daniel Livorsi, MD, MSC
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Michael Ohl, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Eli Perencevich, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Philip Polgreen, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)
 

Clinical and Vaccine Research (ID Division)

Patricia Winokur, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disesse)
Jack Stapleton, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease) 
Jeffery Meier, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)

Clinical Microbiology Research

Bradley Ford, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology
J. Stacey Klutts, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Kunatum (Jin) Prasidthrathsint, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)