Alphabetical Listing of Program Faculty

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George A. Belov, PhD

Associate Professor

Veterinary Medicine

Replication of +RNA viruses. Development of the viral replication organelles.

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Andrew J. Broadbent, VetMB, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Animal and Avian Sciences

Replication and pathogenesis of avian viruses, poultry diseases control and public health

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Jeffrey Cohen, MD

Chief Laboratory of Infectious Diseases

Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH

Herpesvirus vaccines. Pathogenesis of human virus infections in vitro and in vivo

 

James N Culver, PhD

Professor

Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology & Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture

Virus – host interactions.  Virus- based nanotechonology

 

Jeffrey J. DeStefano, PhD

Professor

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Co-Director, Virology Program

HIV and Picornavirus replication.  Aptamer development and biotechnology

 

Jonathan D. Dinman, PhD

Professor

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Translational Control, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression

 

Eric O. Freed,  PhD

Director, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program

Head, Virus-Cell Interaction Section

Co-Director, Virology Program

HIV/retrovirus molecular biology

 

Kim Y. Green, PhD

Section Chief, Caliciviruses Section

Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID), NIAID

Calicivirus replication and pathogenesis, norovirus vaccines and treatment

 

Yuxing Li, PhD

Professor

Institute for bioscience and Biotechnology Research

Viral Immunology and HIV Vaccine Development

 

Alison A. McBride, PhD

Section Chief, DNA Tumor Virus Section

Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID, NIH

Persistent replication mechanisms of papillomaviruses

 

Bernard Moss  MD, PhD

NIH Distinguished Investigator 

Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID

Biology of poxviruses, virus pathogenesis, vaccines

 

Gilad A. Ofek, PhD

Assistant Professor

Institute for bioscience and Biotechnology Research and and UMd Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Structural biology of enveloped viruses and recognition by molecules of the immune system

 

Jaekeun Park, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor 

Veterinary Medicine

Influenza virus/host interactions, T cell responses to influenza virus vaccination and infection, Influenza animal model

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Brian Pierce, PhD

Associate Professor

Institute for bioscience and Biotechnology Research and UMd Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Development and application of algorithms to model and design protein-protein interactions focusing on immune recognition and therapeutics

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Amy Rosenfeld, PhD

Principal Investigator

Office of Vaccines Review and Research, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Review, FDA

Cross-protection against enteroviruses and its effect on pathogenesis; Biology of picornaviruses

including reproduction and pathogenesis

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Margaret Scull, PhD

Associate Professor

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Molecular mechanisms of respiratory virus infection and the host response; airway model systems.

 

Anne E Simon,  PhD

Professor

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

RNA structure/function.  Cap-independent translation of plus-strand viruses

 

Lai-Xi Wang, PhD

Professor

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Design, synthesis, and immunological evaluation of carbohydrate-based HIV vaccines

 

Xiaoping Zhu, DVM, PhD

Professor

Veterinary Medicine

Mucosal Immunity and Inflammation; host pathogen interaction