MHI Leadership
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Christopher R. Aiken, Ph.D.
MHI Program DirectorProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyCornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyBiochemistry and molecular biology of HIV infection; Antiviral mechanisms
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Liz Roelofsz
MHI and MPI Program Manager
MHI Faculty
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Christopher R. Aiken, Ph.D.
MHI Program DirectorProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyCornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyBiochemistry and molecular biology of HIV infection; Antiviral mechanisms
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Holly M. Algood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MedicineAssociate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyImmune response to Helicobacter pylori
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David Aronoff, M.D.
Director, Division of Infectious DiseasesAddison B. Scoville Jr. Chair in MedicineProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of MedicineMechanisms of bacterial immune evasion in the female reproductive tract
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Manuel Ascano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of BiochemistryAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyPost-transcriptional gene regulation in innate immunity and cellular stress
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Thomas M. Aune, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology & ImmunologyAssociate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & ImmunologyFunctional genomic and epigenetic approaches to understand gene regulation
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Joey V. Barnett, Ph.D.
Professor of PharmacologyProfessor of MedicineProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of PediatricsCardiac function, Developmental biology, Heart, Kinase, Knockout, Molecular medicine, Pharmacology, Phosphorylation, Physiology, Receptor, Signal transduction, Vascular Biology, Pulmonary hypertension
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Julie A. Bastarache, M.D.
Assistant Professor of MedicineAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyTranslational research in acute lung injury and sepsis focusing on molecular mechanisms, tissue factor, coagulation cascade, cell-free hemoglobin and gender
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Mark R. Boothby, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of MedicineUnderstanding signal transduction and transcription regulation mechanisms that control our immunity against microbes - or lead to autoimmunity or cancer when the balance goes awry
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Seth R. Bordenstein, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)Centennial Professor of Biological SciencesProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyDirector, Vanderbilt Microbiome InitiativeEvolutionary genomics of animal microbe interactions
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James E. Cassat, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)Assistant Professor of PediatricsAssistant Professor of Biomedical EngineeringAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyInteraction between host and pathogen during invasive bacterial infections
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Leslie J. Crofford, M.D.
Director, Division of Rheumatology & ImmunologyProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of MedicineWilson Family Chair in MedicineInnate and acquired immunity in inflammatory arthritis, myositis, scleroderma, fibromyalgia, pain
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Timothy L. Cover, M.D.
Professor of MedicineProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyBacteria-host interactions, bacterial toxins, Helicobacter pylori, and gastric cancer
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James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D.
Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine CenterProfessor of PediatricsProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAnn Scott Carell ChairHuman B cell and antibody responses to infections
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Suman Ranjan Das, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of MedicineVirus-host microbiome interactions and viral diseases modeling
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Mark R. Denison, M.D.
Professor of PediatricsProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyCraig-Weaver Chair in PediaticsReplication, cell biology, and pathogenesis of coronaviruses; emerging viruses in biodefense
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Wonder Puryear Drake, M.D.
Professor of MedicineProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyThe molecular biology and immunopathogenesis of chronic inflammatory states, particularly sarcoidosis
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Agnes B. Fogo, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of MedicineJohn L. Shapiro Chair of PathologyProfessor of PediatricsProgression of kidney disease crosstalk PAI-1 regression of sclerosis podocytes regeneration stem cells
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David Gailani, M.D.
Professor of Pathology & Microbiology & ImmunologyProfessor of Medicine, Division of Hematology OncologyErnest W. Goodpasture Chair in Experimental Pathology for Translational ResearchBiochemistry, Enzyme action, Gene regulation, Knockout, Mouse, Polymorphism, Protein structure
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Ivelin S. Georgiev, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssociate Professor of Computer ScienceComputational immunology and virology
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Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssociate Professor in Urologic SurgeryBiofilm formation by uropathogenic E. coli, Virulence mechanisms of bacteria causing urinary tract infections
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Jonathan M. Irish, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental BiologyAssociate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyScientific Director, Cancer & Immunology CoreScientific Director, Mass Cytometry Center of ExcellenceCancer, Precision Medicine, Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Single Cell Tools
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W. Gray Jerome, III, Ph.D.
MPI DirectorAssociate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssociate Professor of Cancer BiologyAtherosclerosis, Lipid, Cholesterol, Macrophage
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Sebastian Joyce, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyDorothy B. and Theodore R. Austin Chair in PathologyAntigen presentation and recognition by immune cells
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Spyros A. Kalams, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Adult Infectious DiseaseAssociate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyCellular immune responses directed against viral and bacterial pathogens; therapeutic immunization, HIV vaccines
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John Karijolich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssistant Professor of BiochemistryHost-virus interactions in gamma herpesvirus infection
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Borden Lacy, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of BiochemistryEdward and Nancy Fody Chair in PathologyStructures and molecular mechanisms of bacterial toxins
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Deborah A. Lannigan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssociate Professor of Cancer BiologyAssociate Professor of Cell & Developmental BiologySignaling pathways involved in mammary gland homeostasis and breast cancer
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Andrew J. Link, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssistant Professor of BiochemistryAssociate Professor of ChemistryApplications of proteomics in biology and medicine
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Amy S. Major, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine/Div of Cardiovascular MedicineAssociate Professor, Dept of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyImmunological mechanisms of autoimmunity in atherosclerosis
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Simon A. Mallal, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.A.
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Translational and Clinical ImmunologyProfessor of Medicine, Division of Infectious DiseaseMajor E.B. Stahlman Chair in Infectious Diseases and InflammationProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologyImmunometabolism & Metabolic Diseases, Tumor Biology & Tumor Immunology
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Oliver G. McDonald, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyCancer, Metabolism, Epigenetics, Chromatin
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Daniel J. Moore, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor of PediatricsAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyImmune regulation in autoimmunity and transplantation
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Claudio A. Mosse, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyHematopathology, Vascular Disease & Renal Pathology, Tumor Biology & Tumor Immunology
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Dawn C. Newcomb, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MedicineAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyRole of sex hormones in inflammation in asthma
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Michael James Noto, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MedicineDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care MedicineAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyInnate immune responses to bacterial pathogens in the lung
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Kristen M. Ogden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of PediatricsAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyTropism and adaptation of segmented, double-stranded RNA viruses
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Kevin G. Osteen, Ph.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and GynecologyPierre Soupart Chair in Obstetrics and GynecologyProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAdjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical CollegeReproductive Medicine, Endometrial Dysfunction, Endometriosis, Environmental Endocrine Disruptors
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Stokes Peebles, M.D.
Professor of MedicineDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineElizabeth and John Murray Chair in MedicineTraining Program Director, Allergy Immunology Fellowship ProgramProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAllergically-mediated and virally-induced lung inflammation
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Richard Peek, M.D.
Director, Division of GastroenterologyProfessor of MedicineMina Cobb Wallace Chair in ImmunologyProfessor of Cancer BiologyProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyHelicobacter pylori and gastric cancer
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Mary Philip, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MedicineDivision of Hematology/OncologyAssisant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyHematology, Cancer Immunology, T cells, Epigenetics, Autoimmunity, Differentiation
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Elizabeth J. Phillips, M.D.
John A. Oates Chair in Clinical ResearchProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of PharmacologyProfessor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious DiseasesHIV, Drug Safety, Pharmacology, Personalized Medicine, Drug Hypersensitivity, HLA, Immunopathogenesis, Severe H1N109 Disease
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Heather Pua, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyLung, miRNA, exRNA (extracellular RNA), Extracellular Vesicles, Allergy, Asthma, Th2
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Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Ph.D.
MPI Associate DirectorAssociate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of ImmunobiologyProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologyProfessor of Cancer BiologyDirector, Vanderbilt Center for ImmunobiologyT cell metabolism in inflammation and anti-tumor immunity
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Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssociate Professor of PediatricsAmphibian immune defenses against an ancient fungal pathogen
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H. Earl Ruley, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus, Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyGenetic analysis of growth control and development
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Jonathan E. Schmitz, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyOpportunistic pathogens, Microbe-microbe interactions, Personalized microbiology
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Jonathan G. Schoenecker, Ph.D., M.D.
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and RehabilitationJeffrey W. Mast Chair in Orthopaedics Trauma and Hip SurgeryAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssistant Professor of PediatricsAssistant Professor of PharmacologyThe role of Coagulation in Normal and Pathologic Orthopaedic Related Wounds
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Adam C. Seegmiller, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyVice Chair for Clinical PathologyDirector of Laboratory Medicine and HematopathologyLipids, Metabolism, Cystic fibrosis, Hematopathology, Flow cytometry, Hematologic malignancy, Leukemia, Lymphoma
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Carlos Henrique Serezani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MedicineAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyUnderstanding host defense in pre-existing inflammatory conditions
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Edward R. Sherwood, Ph.D., M.D.
Corneilius Vanderbilt Chair in AnesthesiologyProfessor of AnesthesiologyProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyMechanisms of sepsis-induced systemic inflammation and organ injury with emphasis on the roles of natural killer (NK) and T lymphocytes
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Eric P. Skaar, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)Director, Division of Molecular PathogenesisErnest W. Goodpasture Chair in PathologyVice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologyProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyFactors and processes involved in the battle for metal between bacterial pathogens and their hosts
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Scott Alan Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MedicineAssistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyDengue Virus, Vaccines, Immunology, Viral Pathogenesis
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Benjamin W. Spiller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of PharmacologyAssociate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyStructural Biology of virulence factors, host-pathogen relationship, and cytoskeletal regulation
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Thomas P. Stricker, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyDirector, CALDx-Center for Advanced lab DiagnosticsCancer, breast cancer, genomics, ChIP-seq, RNAseq, Mutations, chromatin, transcription, epigenetics
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Larry L. Swift, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyVice Chair for Faculty AffairsLipoprotein Assembly, Lipid Droplet Formation, Adipocyte Biology
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James W. Thomas II, M.D.
Professor of MedicineDivision of Rheumatology & ImmunologyProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyMechanisms that regulate immune tolerance and why they fail in autoimmune disorders such at type 1 diabetes
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Luc Van Kaer, Ph.D.
Elizabeth and John Shapiro ChairProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyRole of innate-type regulatory lymphocytes in health and chronic inflammatory diseases
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Ingrid M. Verhamme, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyMechanisms important in thrombin localization, inhibitory and substrate serpin recognition, and regulation of serpin-mediated inactivation of fibrin-bound thrombin
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Jeanne M. Wallace, D.V.M., DACLAM
Assistant Vice Chancellor for ResearchDirector, Division of Animal CareAssociate ProfessorPathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyAssociate ProfessorMolecular Physiology and BiophysicsDiseases of nonhuman primates, Animal models of obesity and metabolic syndrome
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Lorraine B. Ware, M.D.
Professor of MedicineDivision of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care MedicineProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyDirector, Medical Scholars ProgramAcute lung injury, ARDS, Pulmonary edema, Acute respiratory failure, Sepsis, Coagulation, Fibrinolysis, Biomarker, Proteomics, Lung transplantation
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Mary Kay Washington, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyHistopathology of gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases and mouse models of GI cancer
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Alissa M. Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Cell & Developmental BiologyCornelius Vanderbilt ChairProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyCancer invasion, Membrane trafficking, Cytoskeleton, Systems biology, Secreted exosomes, Extracellular RNA
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Vivian Lee Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyMolecular and immunologic mechanisms of thyroid cancer invasion and metastasis
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Keith T. Wilson, M.D.
Thomas F. Frist Sr. Chair in MedicineProfessor of MedicineProfessor of Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyProfessor of Medicine Professor of Cancer BiologyDirector, Center for Mucosal Inflammation and CancerHost immune response to the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori