Dr. Higgs

Jere W. McBride, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Pathology
Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
Director,
Experimental Pathology Graduate Program

University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Blvd,
Keiller 1.136B
Galveston, Texas 77555-0609

Office: (409) 747-2498
Fax: (409) 747-2455
jemcbrid@utmb.edu

Experimental Pathology Graduate Program Links

Director's Welcome

Program Mission and Objectives

Program Organizational Structure

Graduate School/
Admissions/Support

Graduate Training in Experimental Pathology

Course of Study

Qualifying Examination and Candidacy

Expectations for Doctoral Degree

Faculty Directory

Student Directory

Research Institutes/Centers

Research Resources and Facilities

Primary Appointments in Pathology

Alison Paige Adams, DVM, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
3.108 Keiller Building (office) Ext. 70650/Fax: 72429
2.144 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 72425
email:  apadams@utmb.edu

Patricia Aguilar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
3.146A Keiller Building (office) Ext. 22825/Fax: 72429
2.132 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 22458
email:  pvaguila@utmb.edu

G.A Shakeel Ansari, Ph.D.
Professor
2.318 Mary Moody Northen Pavilion (office) Ext. 23655/Fax: 71763
2.320 MMN (lab) Ext. 22822
email:  sansari@utmb.edu

Judith F. Aronson, M.D.
Professor
509 Clinical Sciences Building (office) Ext. 26547/Fax: 29350
email:  jaronson@utmb.edu

Alan D.T. Barrett, Ph.D.
Professor
3.230 Mary Moody Northen Pavilion (office) Ext. 26662/Fax: 26663
4.130 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 22547
email:  abarrett@utmb.edu

Paul J. Boor, M.D.
Professor
2.206B Mary Moody Northen Pavilion (office) Ext. 22813/Fax:  71763
2.218 & 2.222 (labs) Ext. 24994 & 24993
email:  pboor@utmb.edu

Donald Bouyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
1.136C Keiller Building (office) Ext. 72035/Fax: 72455
1.126 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 72414
email:  dobouyer@utmb.edu

Anne-Sophie Brocard, Ph.D., RBP
Associate Professor
2.112 Materials Management Warehouse Ext. 28472/Fax: 28921
email:  anbrocar@utmb.edu

Alexander Bukreyev, Ph.D.

Professor
3.145 Keiller Building (office) Ext. 22829/Fax: 72429
2.152 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 22831
email:  abukreye@utmb.edu

Gerald A. Campbell, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
5.503 Clinical Sciences Building (office) Ext. 22413/Fax: 22415
email:  gcampbel@utmb.edu

Jianli Dong, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
5.202 John Sealy Annex (office) Ext. 24866/Fax: 25683
5.190 John Sealy Annex (Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory)
9.160 Medical Research Building (Research Laboratory)
email:  jidong@utmb.edu

Alexander Freiberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Robert E. Shope BSL-4 Laboratory
3.118D Keiller Building (office) Ext. 22822/Fax: 23338
3.114 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 22884
email:  anfreibe@utmb.edu

Charles Fulhorst, D.V.M., Dr. P.H.
Professor
2.138C Keiller Building (office) Ext. 29713/Fax: 72437
2.150 Keiller Building (lab) Ext.  72466
email:  cfulhors@utmb.edu

Benjamin B. Gelman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
114 McCullough Building (office) Ext. 25316/Fax: 25315
2.148 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 25218
email:  bgelman@utmb.edu

Hal Hawkins, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor
349 Shriners Hospital Building (office) Ext. 770-6635/Fax: 770-6973
627 Shriners Hospital Building (lab) Ext. 770-6654
email:  hhawkins@utmb.edu

Tetsuro Ikegami, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
2.206E Mary Moody Northern Pavilion (office) Ext. 22563/Fax: 71763
(lab) Ext. 22560
email:  teikegam@utmb.edu

Bhupendra S. Kaphalia, Ph.D.
Professor
2.206 Mary Moody Northern Pavilion (office) Ext. 24995/Fax: 71763
email:  bkaphali@utmb.edu

M. Firoze Khan, Ph.D.
Professor
2.319 Mary Moody Northen Pavilion (office) Ext. 26881/Fax: 71763
2.308, 2.304 & 2.302 MMN  (labs) Ext. 70090
email: mkhan@utmb.edu

Thomas Ksiazek, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor
6.200N GNL (office) Ext. 66902/Fax: 66810
GNL BSL4 (lab)
email:  tgksiaze@utmb.edu

Jere W. McBride, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Experimental Pathology Graduate Program
1.136B Keiller Building (office) Ext. 72498/Fax: 72455
1.124 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 72005
email:  jemcbrid@utmb.edu

Vladimir Motin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
2.138A Keiller Building (office) Ext. 23155/Fax: 72437
3.148 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 23158
email:  vlmotin@utmb.edu

Fred Murphy, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor
3.145A Keiller Building (office) Ext.72430/Fax: 72400
email:  famurphy@utmb.edu

Anthony Okorodudu, Ph.D.
Professor
5.158 Old John Sealy (office) Ext. 23309/Fax: 29231
2.132 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 24738
email:  aookorod@utmb.edu

Juan Olano, M.D.
Professor
5.220 Mary Moody Northen Pavilion (office) Ext. 22870/Fax: 72400
4.116 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 70922
email:  jolano@utmb.edu

Slobodan Paessler, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor
5.200P Galveston National Laboratory (office) Ext. 66913/Fax: 70762
3.152 Keiller Bldg. (lab) Ext. 72489
email:  slpaessl@utmb.edu@utmb.edu

Vsevolod Popov, Ph.D.
Professor
2.138B Keiller Building (office) Ext. 72423/Fax: 72437
2.102 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 22597
email:  vpopov@utmb.edu

Barry Rockx, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
5.200D Galveston National Laboratory (office) Ext. 66904/Fax: 66810
5.330 Galveston National Laboratory (lab) Ext. 66593
email:  barockx@utmb.edu

Sanjeev Sahni, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
5.210 Mary Moody Northern Pavilion (office) Ext. 23651/Fax: 72429
5.222/5.234 Mary Moody Northern Pavilion (lab) Ext. 23660
email:  sksahni@utmb.edu

Robert B. Tesh, M.D.
Professor
3.146D Keiller Building (office) Ext. 72431/Fax: 71763
3.150 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 72432
email:  rtesh@utmb.edu

Saravanan Thangamani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, ACL-3 Laboratory
3.118C Keiller Building (office) Ext. 72412/Fax 23338
3.104 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 72415
email:  sathanga@utmb.edu  

Smita Vaidya, Ph.D.
Professor
B 804B Rebecca Sealy Hospital (office) Ext. 79550/Fax: 26589
6.204 John Sealy Annex (lab) Ext. 21240
email:  svaidya@utmb.edu

Gustavo Valbuena, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
1.116B Keiller Building (office) Ext. 70763/Fax: 72429
1.102 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 22821
email:  gvalbuen@utmb.edu

Dana Vanlandingham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
4.200F Galveston National Laboratory (office)
email:  dlvanlan@utmb.edu

Nikos Vasilakis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
6.324 Galveston National Laboratory (office) Ext. 66919
email:  nivasila@utmb.edu

David H. Walker, M.D.
Professor & Chairman
1.116A Keiller Building (office) Ext. 23989/Fax:  22500
1.128 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 24813
1.132 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 24817
email:  dwalker@utmb.edu

Scott C. Weaver, Ph.D.
Professor
6.200D Galveston National Laboratory (office) Ext. 66500/Fax: 66810
4.138 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 72440
email:  sweaver@utmb.edu

Xue-Jie Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
1.136D Keiller Building (office) Ext. 71786/Fax: 72415
4.124 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 72442
email:  xuyu@utmb.edu

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Primary Appointments in Other Departments

David Beasley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
2.138F Keiller Building (office) Ext. 21120/Fax: 72437
3.122/3.138 Keiller Building (labs) Ext. 22173
5.200V Galveston National Laboratory (office) Ext. 21120
email:  dwbeasle@utmb.edu

Nigel Bourne, Ph.D.
Professor
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
3.206 Mary Moody Northern (office) Ext. 78144
3.228 Mary Moody Northern (lab) Ext. 78156
email:  nibourne@utmb.edu

Miles W. Cloyd, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
4.162 Medical Research Building (office) Ext. 24995/Fax:  25065
325 Basic Science Building (lab) Ext. 28629
email:  mcloyd@utmb.edu

Yingz Cong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
4.142C, MRB (office) Ext. 24902/Fax: 25065
4.116 MRB (lab) Ext. 24909
email:  yicong@utmb.edu

Janice J. Endsley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
3.142G Medical Research Building (office), Ext. 23142
3.136/3.134 Medical Research Building (labs), Ext. 23136
email:  jjendsle@utmb.edu

Monique R. Ferguson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of HIV Pathogenesis Laboratory
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
4.210C Graves Building Ext. (office)70252/Fax 26527
5.408 Mary Moody Northern (HIV Pathogenesis Lab) Ext. 70275
email:  mrfergus@utmb.edu

Nisha Jain Garg, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
3.142C Medical Research Building (office) Ext. 76865 /Fax: 76869
3.154 Medical Research Building (lab) Ext. 22142
email:  nigarg@utmb.edu

George C. Kramer, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
2-51 Old Shriners Burns (office) Ext. 23969/Fax: 28895
2-98 Old Shriners Burns (lab) Ext. 28892
email:  gkramer@utmb.edu

Shinji Makino, Ph.D.
Professor
4.142 Medical Research Building (office) Ext. 22323/Fax: 25065
email:  shmakino@utmb.edu

Gregg Milligan, Ph.D.
Professor
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
3.206 Mary Moody Northern (office) Ext. 78145
3.314 Mary Moody Northern (lab) Ext. 78147
email:  gnmillig@utmb.edu

David Niesel, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Microbiology & Immunology
4.104 Medical Research Building Ext. 22324/Fax 22366
email:  dniesel@utmb.edu

C.J. Peters, M.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
1.104 Keiller Building (office) Ext. 20090/Fax: 72429
2.128 Keiller Building (lab) Ext.  20091
email:  cjpeters@utmb.edu

Johnny W. Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
3.170 Medical Research Building (office) Ext. 24910
3.114 Medical Research Building (Lab) Ext. 23409
email:  jpeterso@utmb.edu

Richard Pyles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
3.206 Mary Moody Northern (office) Ext. 78142
3.304 Mary Moody Northern (lab) Ext. 78149
email:  rbpyles@utmb.edu

Lynn Soong, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
3.142 Medical Research Building (office) Ext. 28149
3.132 Medical Research Building (lab) Ext. 28163
email:  lsoong@utmb.edu

Alfredo G. Torres, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
3.142E Medical Research Building (office) Ext.70189/Fax 76869
3.134, 3.142, 3.146 Medical Research Building (lab) Ext. 22424
email:  altorres@utmb.edu

Tian Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
3.118 B Keiller Building (office) Ext. 23146/Fax: 23338
3.102 Keiller Building (lab) Ext. 23147
email:  ti1wang@utmb.edu

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