Department of Pathology

Graduate Assistant, Pathology Education

Research Interests

I am interested in novel immune cell signaling pathways that regulate inflammation during infection with pathogens. My research will focus on the metabolism of macrophages that enhance the pro-inflammatory capacity to clear the etiologic agent of Chagas cardiomyopathy, Trypanosoma cruzi.

Research Interests

My research focuses of the molecular mechanisms of innate immune evasion of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome virus (SFTS virus) as well as the innate immune evasion of other arthropod-borne viruses.

Research Interests

I am interested in the role of yellow fever virus structural proteins in virulence and the molecular determinants of attenuation of the yellow fever vaccine strain 17D.

Research Interests

My research will focus on genetic determinants of pathogenesis for hemorrhagic arenaviruses, with a focus on live attenuated vaccine development.

Research Interests

I am interested in Rift Valley Fever Virus MP-12 Vaccine with Silent Mutation Markers for Reassortment and Recombination Analyses between RVFV Strains and other bunyaviruses.

Research Interests

My research is focused on the pathogenesis of pathogenic arenavirus infections utilizing animal models and the interaction between pathogenic arenavirus and the host innate immune response.

Research Interests

My research interests include molecular pathogenesis and cell mediated immunity of tuberculosis/HIV co-infection. Jacob Nelson My interests are focused on neuropathogenesis of viral infections. I am focusing my research on neurotropic flaviviruses, specifically tick-borne encephalitis virus.

Research Interersts

My interests are focused on neuropathogenesis of viral infections. I am focusing my research on neurotropic flaviviruses, specifically tick-borne encephalitis virus.

Research Interests

I started my PhD study on Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) in particular for the vaccine development. The overall aim of my Ph.D. study is to develop highly safe candidate vaccine which specifically target DC, and the spread is restricted after infection.

Research Interests

My research focuses on filovirus replication and transcription. Effects of the innate immune response and viral interferon antagonism on filovirus polymerase function. Comparative immunology of pteropoid fruit bats in the context of filovirus infection.

Research Interests

I am interested in determinants of attenuation in flaviviruses, particularly in regards for use in live attenuated vaccines.

Research Interests

My research will focus on Immune response to Orientia tsutsugamushi. I am interested in novel immune cell signaling pathways that regulate inflammation during infection with pathogens. My research will focus on the metabolism of macrophages that enhance the pro-inflammatory capacity to clear the etiologic agent of Chagas cardiomyopathy, Trypanosoma cruzi.

Research Interests

I am interested in the evolution of the virus within and between hosts and the effect of the viral diversity that drives this evolution within the host.