Sara Dann, PhD

Innate immunity, immune regulation, enteric pathogens
View Department of Internal Medicine profile »My research focuses on the induction and regulation of the host's immune response to bacterial and parasitic infections in the gut. We examine cross talk between epithelial cells and immune cells during infection. Current studies focus on: (1) IL-10 independent mechanisms of immune regulation; (2) induction of protective mucosal immunity in the absence of inflammatory signals; and (3) role of innate immune cells in inducing and suppressing intestinal inflammation.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, CTD

Melanie de Boer, PhD

Epidemiology, surveillance, vaccine development
View Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health profile » My research interests include the intersection of wildlife diseases, infrastructure development and the re-emergence of infectious diseases; the implementation of the International Health Regulations to detect those pathogens; and the development of advanced epidemiological methods.
IHII center affiliations: CTD, SCVD

Tonyia Eaves-Pyles, PhD

Bacteriology, pathogenesis
View Department of Microbiology & Immunology profile »My research focuses on understanding the interaction between pathogenic bacteria and epithelial cells of the lung and intestinal tract, as well as professional immune cells. I also investigate the interaction between intestinal epithelial cells and bacteria, specifically the dynamics of the normal flora in combination with the intestinal epithelium and their interaction and response to invading organisms.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, SCVD

Janice Endsley, PhD

Bacteriology, immunology
View Department of Microbiology & Immunology profile »My research is focused on mechanisms and regulation of cell mediated immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb). An important component of my work is investigations to determine how human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) compromises CD8+T cell and macrophage function in the host immune response to M.tb. I have also extended my studies of cytotoxic lymphocytes to include natural killer cell function in infectious disease and reproduction.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, CTD, SCVD

Eduardo Eyzaguirre, MD

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Rong Fang, MD, PhD

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Monique Ferguson, PhD

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Naomi Forrester, PhD

Pathogenesis, vector biology, virology View Department of Pathology profile »My research focuses on viral evolution, in particular within-host evolution of viruses. My research approach is to use a model system of mosquito and vertebrate infections and determine the viral evolution by deep sequencing. In addition I am using next generation sequencing to identify unknown viruses from field samples.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, SCVD

Alexander Freiberg, PhD

Pathogenesis, structural biology, imaging, vaccine development, virology
View Department of Pathology profile »My research focuses on emerging RNA viruses, specifically the molecular mechanisms by which they cause encephalitis or hemorrhagic fever, their structure and assembly, and vaccine development. My research approaches include the characterization of the host immune response and cellular signaling pathways following infection using cell culture and small animal models.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, CTD, SCVD

Elizabeth Fritz, PhD

Immunology, pathogenesis, vaccine development, virology
View Department of Microbiology & Immunology profile » My research focuses on viral hemorrhagic fever viruses (filoviruses and arenaviruses), including viral mechanisms of evading the host's innate immune response, disease pathogenesis, vaccine development, and screening novel vaccines and/or therapeutics.
IHII center affiliations: SCVD

Charles Fulhorst, DVM, DrPH

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Nisha Garg, PhD

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Roberto Garofalo, MD

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Thomas Geisbert, PhD

Pathogenesis, vaccine development, virology View Department of Microbiology & Immunology profile »My research focuses on the pathogenesis of emerging and re-emerging viruses that require Biosafety level (BSL)-4 containment and on the development of vaccines and postexposure treatments against these viruses. My work particularly emphasizes studies on viruses causing hemorrhagic fever (HF) including Ebola virus, Marburg virus, and Lassa virus.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, CTD

Benjamin Gelman, MD, PhD

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Randall Goldblum, MD

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Bin Gong, MD, PhD

Pathogenesis, structural biology/imaging, experimental pathology View Department of Pathology profile »I am interested in how the endothelial cells are injured by infections. The ongoing research projects: Multiple regulatory and signaling mechanisms that converge on VE-Cadherin underlying Rickettsia-induced endothelial barrier dysfunction; Initiating a novel direction to reveal the role of non-coding RNAs in repairing vascular damages after high consequence pathogen infections.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID

Andrew Grant, MD

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Clifford Houston, PhD

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Tetsuro Ikegami, PhD

Vaccine development, virology View Department of Pathology profile »My research focuses on the development of countermeasures against Rift Valley fever (RVF). My research approaches include reverse genetics to rescue various recombinant Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) mutants, characterize innate and adaptive immune responses against those RVFV mutants, testing the efficacy of various vaccine candidates for RVF.
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, CTD, SCVD

Philip Keiser, MD

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Rolf König, PhD

Immunology View Department of Microbiology & Immunology profile »I am researching the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate T lymphocyte signal transduction and activation. My lab is investigating the immunological mechanisms by which environmental chemicals induce inflammatory responses and autoimmune diseases. Using global gene expression analysis, we determine the signal transduction pathways that are altered by environmental toxicants.
IHII center affiliations: SCVD

Thomas Ksiazek, DVM, PhD

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Alexander Kurosky, PhD

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James LeDuc, PhD

Virology, vector biology, bacteriology, global health, public health policy View Department of Microbiology & Immunology profile »Dr. LeDuc directs the Galveston National Laboratory, where basic and applied research is conducted on viruses, bacteria and rickettsia under various levels of biocontainment (BSL2, 3 and 4).
IHII center affiliations: CBEID, CTD, SCVD

James Lee, PhD

Molecular biophysics of signaling, structural biology/imaging View Molecular Biophysics Track (MBET) profile »My laboratory is interested in elucidating the molecular mechanisms of regulation, in particular, the ground rules employed in recognizing specific targets and transmitting of signals among these macromolecular components.
IHII center affiliations: CTD, SCVD

Bruce Luxon, PhD

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