Judith Aronson, MD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pathology
Director, UTMB Autopsy Service
Inaugural Holder of the L. Clarke Stout Professorship in Anatomic Pathology

Alan D.T. Barrett, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
John D. Stobo, MD Distinguished Chair in Vaccinology
Director, Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences (SIVS)
Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Vaccine Research
Molecular genetics of flaviviruses; bunyaviruses; tropical virus diseases; vaccine development

David W.C. Beasley, PhD
Director, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Institutional Office of Regulated Nonclinical Studies
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Molecular basis of virulence and antigenic variations between West Nile virus (WNV) strains; arbovirus vaccines and diagnostics; Good Laboratory Practices (GLP); animal models for infectious diseases

Nigel Bourne, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
Sr. Scientist, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
Genital herpes; hepatitis C virus; vaccines and antiviral agents

Trevor L. Brasel, PhD
Study Director, Regulated Studies, Institutional Office of Regulated Nonclinical Studies
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology Immunology

Douglas Brining, DVM
Associate Dean for Research Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Alexander Bukreyev, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Ebola; Marburg; H5N1; vectored vaccines; mucosal immunization; immunology

Antonella Casola, MD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
RSV; hMPV; cell signaling

Jason E. Comer, PhD
Study Director, Institutional Office of Regulated Nonclinical Studies
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Sara M. Dann, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology
Interaction of enterid pathogens with the host mucosal immune system parasites in intestinal inflammation and the involvement of innate immunity

Roberto Garofalo, MD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus immunopathogenesis; inflammation; cytokine transcription; eosinophils; epithelial cell signaling

J. Andrew Grant, MD
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
Potency of antihistamines

Thomas Ksiazek, DVM, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Epidemiology/ecology and laboratory diagnosis of hemorrhagic fevers and arthropod-borne viral diseases

Jere McBride, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Obligate intracellular bacteria; pathobiology; immunity; molecular pathogenesis; vaccine development and diagnostics

Peter C. Melby, MD
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology
Leishmaniasis; international research ethics; impact of malnutrition on innate immunity and susceptibility to infection

Gregg N. Milligan, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
Viral immunology; immunity to herpes simplex virus; immunity to West Nile virus

Vladimir Motin, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Yersinia pestis pathogenesis; vaccine; therapeutics

Joan Nichols, PhD
Associate Director, Research and Operations, Galveston National Laboratory
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
Viral pathogenesis and influence of aging on host response to pathogens (immunosenescence) and development of human model systems using tissue engineering

David W. Niesel, PhD
Senior Vice President and Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Chief Research Officer, UTMB Health 
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Lawrence E. Etheridge, Jr. Professor
In vivo virulence gene expression; bacterial pathogenesis; novel methods of antibiotic resistance detection

Richard Pyles, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
Scientist, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
Microbiome/mucosal interactions, Herpesvirology; HIV; molecular virology; viral pathogenesis; mucosal innate immunology

Krishna Rajarathnam, PhD
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Microbiology & Immunology
Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Physiology and Biophysics
Structural biology of chemokine and chemokine receptors; inflammation; protein therapeutics

Victor Reyes, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
Antigen processing; T-cell presentation; mucosal immunity; H. pylori, inflammatory bowel disease, gastric cancer, peptic ulcer disease

Shannan Rossi, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Arboviruses; Zika virus; vaccines; alphaviruses; flaviviruses; animal models

Robin Stephens, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
Immunology of malaria infection

Bruno Travi, DVM, PhD
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology
Tropical infectious diseases; parasitic diseases

Michael P. Underbrink, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Microbiology & Immunology
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

David H. Walker, MD
Carmage and Martha Walls Distinguished Chair in Tropical Diseases
Executive Director, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Immunity to and pathogenesis of arthropod-transmitted obligate intracellular bacterial infections (Rickettsia and Ehrlichia)

Teh-sheng Chan, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Transgenic mouse model for hepatitis C; asthma research using a mouse model; gene therapy

Premkumar Christadoss, MD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Autoimmunity; cellular and molecular mechanisms of immunopathogenesis; new therapy for autoimmune diseases (e.g., myasthenia gravis)

Clifford W. Houston, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Aeromonas hydrophila; cytotoxic enterotoxin

Stanley M. Lemon, MD
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine
Molecular mechanisms involved with replication of positive-strand RNA viruses and the pathogenesis of human hepatitis viruses, particularly hepatitis C virus; antiviral drug development; mechanisms of immune evasion of hepatitis C virus

CJ Peters, MD
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Virology and viral immunology; Ebola virus; Rift Valley fever virus; hantavirus; Nipah virus

Johnny W Peterson, PhD
Samuel Baron Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Toxins; inflammation; molecular pathogenesis of bacterial infections of the intestine; therapeutics against diarrheal disease and anthrax

Cristiana Rastellini, MD
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology
Organ/cellular preservation; mechanisms of acute and chronic rejection; tolerance induction; pancreatic islet transplantation; beta cell proliferation