Infectious Disease

Research Mentors

Our faculty are highly productive and lead the Department of Internal Medicine in grant support and publications. Our division is home to multiple authors of chapters in major textbooks including the Mandell’s Infectious Disease, Harrison’s Internal Medicine, Nelson’s Pediatrics, and Guerrant’s Tropical Infectious Diseases. The diversity of our research interests contributes greatly to the strength of our program:

  • Lucas Blanton, MD – rickettsial diseases
  • Miguel Cabada, MD, MSc – tropical medicine, parasitology, fascioliasis
  • Mariale Caravedo, MD – tropical medicine, parasitology, transplant ID
  • Alejandro Castellanos, PhD – molecular parasitology, cryptosporidiosis
  • Sara Dann, PhD – mucosal immunology, enteric pathogens
  • Monique Ferguson, PhD – HIV pathogenesis, drug discovery
  • Michael Goodman, PhD, DrPH – applied social epidemiology, population health
  • Gregory Gray, MD, MPH – infectious diseases epidemiology; One Health
  • Philip Keiser, MD – HIV/AIDS, antimicrobial stewardship, global health, public health
  • A. Scott Lea, MD – transplant ID, wound care, surgical infections
  • April McDougal, DO – infection control & hospital epidemiology
  • Susan McLellan, MD, MPH – biocontainment and preparedness, COVID-19, global health
  • Peter Melby, MD; Division Director – tropical medicine, parasitology, leishmaniasis
  • David Reynoso, MD, PhD – antimicrobial stewardship, medical education
  • Juan Carlos Sarria, MD; Program Director – opportunistic infections, medical education
  • Robin Stephens, PhD – immunopathology, malaria
  • Melinda Tanabe, MD – neglected tropical diseases, travel medicine, global health
  • Bruno Travi, DVM, PhD – immunopathology, parasitology, leishmaniasis
  • A. Clinton White, MD – tropical medicine, host defense, parasitology, neurocysticercosis
  • Hemil Gonzalez, MD – HIV/AIDS, neurological complications of HIV and opportunistic infections
  • Eugene Harper, MD - diagnostic stewardship, epidemiology of foodborne and waterborne illness, quality improvement
  • J. Patrik Hornak, MD – HIV/AIDS, STIs, PrEP, medical education, HIV workforce development
  • Corri Levine, PhD, MS, MPH – biocontainment and preparedness
  • Daniel Stanton, MD – HIV/AIDS, STIs, medical education, HIV workforce development
  • Ewa Tomczak, MD – clinical infectious diseasest