Our Team

Dr. Gaddy is currently junior faculty in the Dept. of Medicine at Vanderbilt University.  She completed undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry at Indiana University (East), and earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology at Miami University in the laboratory of Dr. Luis Actis (Dept. Chair), studying the contribution of biofilm formation and iron acquisition to Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis.  Dr. Gaddy completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University in the laboratory of Dr. Timothy Cover (Professor), where she focused her research on the regulation of the Cag-Type IV secretion system in Helicobacter pylori.  Dr. Gaddy's work currently focuses on the contribution of zinc homeostasis to the regulation of bacterial pathogenesis.

Eric Blanz is currently a technician in the Gaddy Laboratory.

Dr. Doster is currently a fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Dept. of Medicine) and is also enrolled as a Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (co-mentored by Dr. David Aronoff & Dr. Jennifer Gaddy).  Dr. Doster’s research is focused on how Streptococcus agalactiae evades the immune system and promotes chorioamnionitis.

Kathryn P. Haley, Ph.D. (Post-doctoral fellow)

Dr. Haley completed her Ph.D. in Microbiology at Vanderbilt University in the laboratory of Dr. Eric P. Skaar in 2013.  Dr. Haley’s current research project focuses on how micronutrients influence the biogenesis of flagella and cag T4SS pili in Helicobacter pylori. 

Darth Vader is not a member of the Gaddy Lab.  Yet.