• Ty William Abel, M.D., Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

    Pathobiology and experimental models of human brain cancer

  • Christopher R. Aiken, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Biochemistry and molecular biology of HIV infection; antiviral mechanisms

  • Holly Algood, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Immune response to Helicobacter pylori

  • Jennifer C. Andrews, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics

    Clinical trials, Pediatric Transfusion Medicine, blood utilization

  • Mary Ann Thompson Arildsen, M.D., Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Pathogenesis of hematopoietic malignancies

  • Shanna Alexandria Arnold, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor
    Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Translational Research of Biomarkers in Urogenital Cancers

  • David M. Aronoff, M.D.

    Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Addison B. Scoville Jr. Chair in Medicine

    Mechanisms of bacterial immune evasion in the female reproductive tract

  • Manuel Ascano, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Post-transcriptional gene regulation in innate immunity and cellular stress

  • James B. Atkinson, III, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Atherosclerosis, cardiovascular pathology, cardiovascular disease, heart transplantation

  • Thomas M. Aune, Ph.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Functional genomic and epigenetic approaches to understand gene regulation

  • Justin M. Balko, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Division of Microbial Pathogenesis

    Translational cancer research focused on molecular therapeutics, onco-immunology & bioinformatics

  • Joey V. Barnett, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
    Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology
    Director, Office of Medical Student Research

    Mechanisms by which growth factors mediate and influence organ formation during embryogenesis

  • Julie A. Bastarache, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

    Translational research in acute lung injury and sepsis focusing on molecular mechanisms

  • Matthew E. Bechard, Ph.D.

    Research Instructor in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Cellular differentiation, mechanisms and signals of stem cells

  • Julia K. Bohannon, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

    Immunomodulatory therapies for the prevention of infection and sepsis following a severe burn injury

  • Rachel Henry Bonami, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Division of Rheumatology & Immunology
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Division of Microbial Pathogenesis

    B cell, T cell, autoimmunity, type 1 diabetes, arthritis, microbiome

  • Garrett S. Booth, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Transfusion medicine/blood banking, clinical pathology

  • Mark R. Boothby, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Medicine

    Signal transduction, transcription regulation mechanisms

  • Seth R. Bordenstein, Ph.D.

    Centennial Professor of Biological Sciences
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Director, Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative
    Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

    Symbiosis, Microbiome, Virology, Evolution, Genomics, Origin of Species

  • Alan S. Boyd, M.D.

    Professor of Dermatology
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Clinical dermatology, dermatopathology, cutaneous neoplasms

  • Kelli L. Boyd, D.V.M., Ph.D.

    Associate Director of Comparative Pathology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Comparative Pathology, Mouse Pathology

  • Scott D. Bury, Ph.D.

    Director, Office of Animal Welfare Assurance
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • Mariana Xavier Byndloss, D.V.M., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Linking gut microbiota, host metabolism, and disease

  • James E. Cassat, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

    Interaction between host and pathogen during invasive bacterial infections

  • Justin M. M. Cates, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Orthopedic pathology, sarcoma, bone and soft tissue tumors

  • Edward Chaum, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
    Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    Margy Ann and J. Donald M. Gass Chair in Ophthalmology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, gene therapy for retinal diseases, retinal detachment & repair

  • Sung Hoon Cho, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Immune response, cellular metabolism & tumor progression

  • Alice C. Coogan, M.D.

    Interim Chair of the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Vice Chair and Executive Medical Director of Anatomic Pathology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Cytopathology, anatomic pathology and surgical pathology

  • Hernan Correa, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Pediatric pathology

  • Holly J. Covas, M.P.H., M.L.S.

    Assistant in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Program Director, Medical Laboratory

  • Timothy L. Cover, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Bacteria-host interactions, bacterial toxins, helicobacter pylori, and gastric cancer

  • Leslie J. Crofford, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Director, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology
    Wilson Family Chair in Medicine

    Innate and acquired immunity in inflammatory arthritis, myositis, scleroderma, fibromyalgia, pain

  • James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D.

    Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
    Professor of Pediatrics
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Ann Scott Carell Chair

    Human B cell and antibody responses to infections

  • Nooshin Karamzadeh Dashti, M.D.

    Assistant Professor in Anatomic Pathology
    Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

  • Mark R. Denison, M.D.

    Professor of Pediatrics
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatics

    Replication, cell biology, and pathogenesis of coronaviruses; emerging viruses in biodefense

  • S. Kent Dickeson, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Investigating the role of Factor XI in coagulation and thrombosis

  • Jonathan James Douds, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Hematopathology and medical education

  • Wonder Puryear Drake, M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Molecular biolody and immunopathogenesis of chronic inflammatory states, particularly sarcoidosis

  • Quentin Gavin Eichbaum, M.D, Ph.D, MPH, MFA, MMHC, FCAP, FASCP

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Medical Education & Administration
    Director, Vanderbilt Pathology Program in Global Health

    Global health education and pathology

  • Rosana Eisenberg, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Thoracic pulmonary pathology cytopathology

  • Kim Adams Ely, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Head and neck pathology, cytopathology

  • Maralie G. Exton, B.A.

    Associate in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Allied Health Programs

  • Melissa A. Farrow, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Structure and function of large clostridial cytotoxins

  • Agnes B. Fogo, M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    John L. Shapiro Chair in Pathology
    Professor of Pediatrics
    Professor of Medicine

    Progression of kidney disease crosstalk PAI-1 regression of sclerosis podocytes regeneration stem cells

  • Logan K. France, D.V.M.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • Amy Patel Gabbard, M.D.

    Instructor in Transfusion Medicine
    Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

  • Jennifer Angeline Gaddy, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Helicobacter pylori,  microbiology, cellular, molecular, and structural biology, protein, Acinetobacter baumannii

  • David Gailani, M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Ernest W. Goodpasture Chair in Experimental Pathology for Translational Research
    Professor of Medicine

    Biochemistry, enzyme action, gene regulation, knockout, mouse, polymorphism, protein structure

  • Ivelin S. Georgiev, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Computer Science

    Computational immunology and virology

  • Giovanna A. Giannico, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Chief of Genitourinary Pathology, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Mechanisms of prostate cancer progression and recurrence; prostate cancer biomarker discovery

  • Jeremy Allen Goettel, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Mechanisms regulating intestinal immunity

  • Bruce W. Greig, B.S.

    Associate in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Creation of tutorials and other teaching materials for users of clinical flow cytometers

  • Jennifer B. Gordetsky, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic prognostic markers, the clarification of diagnostic challenges in genitourinary malignancies

  • David W. Haas, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Pharmacology

    AIDS, HIV, pharmacogenomics, tuberculosis

  • Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor in Urology
    Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

    Bacterial Signal Transduction and Multicellular Behavior in Uropathogens

  • David R. Head, M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia

  • J. Harold Helderman, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Growth factor and cytokine receptors on T lymphocytes

  • Robert D. Hoffman, II, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Graduate medical education

  • Billy G. Hudson, Ph.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Biochemistry
    Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
    Elliott V. Newman Professor of Medicine

    The structure and function of type IV collagen, the major constituent of basement membranes (BMs)

  • Won Jae Huh, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

  • Jonathan M. Irish, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Cancer, precision medicine, computational biology, machine learning, cell signaling, chemical biology, single cell tools

  • W. Gray Jerome, III, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Cancer Biology

    Atherosclerosis, lipid, cholesterol, macrophage

  • Joyce E. Johnson, M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Histopathology and immunopathology of pediatric viral pneumonias, etiology and pathogenesis of idiopathic interstitial lung diseases, cytologic diagnosis of disease

  • Carissa P. Jones, D.V.M.

    Director, Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency and Externship Programs
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • Sebastian Joyce, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Dorothy B. and Theodore R. Austin Chair in Pathology

    Antigen presentation and recognition by immune cells

  • Ridas Juskevicius, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Hematopathology, lymphoma, and leukemia

  • Spyros A. Kalams, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Adult Infectious Disease
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Cellular immune responses directed against viral and bacterial pathogens; therapeutic immunization, HIV vaccines

  • Meghan E. Kapp, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Renal pathology and autopsy pathology

  • John Karijolich, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

    Host-virus interactions in gamma herpesvirus infection

  • Tae Kon Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Hematology/Oncology Division
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

    Hematology and oncology

  • Young Jun Kim, Ph.D., M.D.

    Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
    Barry and Amy Baker Chair in Laryngeal, Head and Neck Research
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Head & neck surgery, squamous cell carcinoma, otolaryngology

  • Alexandra E. Kovach, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Lymphoma and lymphoproliferative disorders; pediatric hematopathology

  • Heather K. Kroh, Ph.D.

    Research Instructor in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    neutralization of the Clostridium difficile toxins by antibodies and small molecule inhibitors

  • Amrendra Kumar, Ph.D.

    Research Instructor
    Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

  • Dana Borden Lacy, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Edward and Nancy Fody Chair in Pathology
    Professor of Biochemistry

    Structures and molecular mechanisms of bacterial toxins

  • Deborah A. Lannigan, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
    Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

    Signaling pathways involved in mammary gland homeostasis and breast cancer

  • Laura Anne Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • James Sheridan Lewis, Jr., M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Head and Neck Pathology; Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Human Papillomavirus; Sinonasal Tumors

  • Jiancong Liang, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Diagnostic pediatric pathology and neuropathology 

  • Andrew J. Link, Ph.D

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

    Functional genomics and systems biology analysis of the immune response and translation

  • Mark A. Lusco, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Renal Pathology

  • Amy S. Major, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Immunological mechanisms of autoimmunity in atherosclerosis

  • Simon A. Mallal, M.B.B.S.

    Professor of Medicine
    Major E.B. Stahlman Chair in Infectious Diseases and Inflammation
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Immunometabolism & Metabolic Diseases, Tumor Biology & Tumor Immunology

  • Emily F. Mason, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Hematopathology

  • Kelley J. Mast, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Pediatric Pathology and Hematopathology

  • Edward C. McDonald, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Anatomic surgical and diagnostic cytopathology

  • Oliver G. McDonald, Ph.D., M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    GI pathology, epigenetic reprogramming, pancreatic cancer

  • Mitra Mehrad, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Head and neck pathology, squamous cell carcinoma, human papillomavirus, thoracic pathology, non-neoplastic lung disease; lung cancer

  • Houra Merrikh, Ph.D.

    Professor of Biochemistry
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

    DNA replication, mutagenesis, and evolution

  • William M. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Innate immunity initiated by activation of Toll-Like Receptor 3, next generation sequencing applications, pathogenesis of intracellular microbes

  • Bret C. Mobley, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Glioblastoma, glioma, IDH mutation

  • Daniel J. Moore, Ph.D., M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Immune regulation in autoimmunity and transplantation

  • Harold L. Moses, M.D.

    Research Professor of Pharmacology
    Professor of Cancer Biology, Emeritus
    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Regulation of cell proliferation by growth factors, oncogenes, growth inhibitors and tumor suppressor genes

  • Claudio A. Mosse, M.D., Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Tumor dysregulation of apoptosis pathways leading to T cell induced apoptosis resistance

  • Dawn C. Newcomb, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Estrogen, testosterone, sex hormones, T cells, innate lymphoid cells, asthma, allergy

  • James H. Nichols, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Clinical chemistry, point-of-care testing, laboratory automation, information management, clinical toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring

  • Michael James Noto, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Innate immune responses to bacterial pathogens in the lung

  • Kristen M. Ogden, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Double-stranded RNA virus tropism and diversity mechanisms

  • Danyvid Olivares-Villagomez, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Mucosal immunology, IEL, iCD8alpha, osteopontin, granzyme

  • Kevin G. Osteen, Ph.D.

    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College
    Pierre Soupart Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Reproductive medicine, human endometium, endometrial dysfunction, endometriosis, progesterone action

  • Paisit Paueksakon, M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Renal amyloidosis, light chain deposition disease, diabetic nephropathy, CNS vasculitis, and restless legs syndrome

  • Stokes Peebles, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Elizabeth and John Murray Chair in Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Allergically-mediated and virally-induced lung inflammation

  • Richard M. Peek, Jr., M.D.

    Director, Division of Gastroenterology
    Professor of Medicine
    Mina Cobb Wallace Chair in Immunology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Pathogenesis, helicobacter pylori, gastric cancer, carcinogenesis, infectious disease, bacterial pathogenesis, inflammation, malignancy

  • Mary Philip, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
    Assisant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Cancer, tumor immunology, T cells, epigenetics, autoimmunity, differentiation, single-cell analysis, flow cytometry

  • Elizabeth J. Phillips, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    John A. Oates Chair in Clinical Research
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Pharmacology

    HIV, drug safety, pharmacology, personalized medicine, drug hypersensitivity, HLA, immunopathogenesis, severe H1N109 disease

  • John A. Phillips, III, M.D.

    Director, Division of Medical Genetics
    Professor of Pediatrics
    Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Meharry Medical College
    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    David T. Karzon Chair in Pediatrics

    Molecular investigations of familial disorders

  • Mirna Bajramovic Podoll, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • Heather H. Pua, Ph.D., M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Lung, miRNA, exRNA (extracellular RNA), extracellular vesicles, allergy, asthma, Th2

  • Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Immunobiology
    Associate Director - Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
    Director, Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology

    T cell metabolism in inflammation and anti-tumor immunity

  • Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Pediatrics

    Amphibian immune defenses against an ancient fungal pathogen

  • Donald H. Rubin, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Chief of Staff for Research Development
    Veterans Administration

    Molecular genetics of the pathogen-host interaction, mechanism of mucosal immunity

  • Safia N. Salaria, M.B.B.S.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    GI, liver and pancreas pathology

  • Melinda E. Sanders, M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Breast cancer and proliferative breast disease

  • Samuel A. Santoro, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Biochemistry
    Dorothy Beryl and Theodore R. Austin Chair in Pathology

    Structure and biology of integrin adhesive receptors for extracellular matrix proteins

  • Sarika Saraswati, Ph.D.

    Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • Jonathan E. Schmitz, Ph.D., M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Clinical Microbiology, Molecular Diagnostics, Opportunistic pathogens, Microbe-microbe interactions, Personalized microbiology, Urinary tract infections

  • Jonathan G. Schoenecker, Ph.D., M.D.

    Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
    Jeffrey W. Mast Chair in Orthopaedics Trauma and Hip Surgery
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

    The role of coagulation in normal and pathologic orthopaedic related wounds

  • Stephen J. Schultenover, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Cytopathology

  • Herbert S. Schwartz, M.D.

    Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
    Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
    Rehabilitation Dan Spengler, M.D., Chair in Orthopaedics
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Proteomics of sarcomas, bone metastasis and tissue engineering

  • Adam C. Seegmiller, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Vice Chair for Clinical Pathology
    Director of Laboratory Medicine and Hematopathology

    Lipids, metabolism, cystic fibrosis, hematopathology, flow cytometry hematologic malignancy, leukemia, lymphoma

  • C. Henrique Serezani, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Understanding host defense in pre-existing inflammatory conditions

  • Aaron C. Shaver, Ph.D., M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Flow cytometry, including multivariate modeling

  • Edward R. Sherwood, Ph.D., M.D.

    Corneilius Vanderbilt Chair in Anesthesiology
    Professor of Anesthesiology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Mechanisms of sepsis-induced systemic inflammation and organ injury with emphasis on the roles of natural killer (NK) and T lymphocytes

  • Katherine A. Shuster, D.V.M.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Comparative medicine

  • Eric P. Skaar, Ph.D., M.P.H.

    Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
    Director, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis
    Ernest W. Goodpasture Chair in Pathology
    Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Factors and processes involved in the battle for metal between bacterial pathogens and their hosts

  • Scott Alan Smith, Ph.D., M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Dengue virus, vaccines, immunology, viral pathogenesis

  • Gregory A. Sowd, Ph.D.

    Research Instructor
    Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

    Genomics, molecular biology, genetics and biochemistry of HIV-1 infection

  • Benjamin W. Spiller, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pharmacology
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Structural Biology of virulence factors, host-pathogen relationship, and cytoskeletal regulation

  • Subramaniam Sriram, M.B.B.S.

    Professor of Neurology
    William C. Weaver III Chair in Neurology
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Mechanism of CNS demyelination

  • Mildred T. Stahlman, M.D.

    Professor of Pediatrics
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Neonatal pulmonary pathology

  • Charles W. Stratton, M.D.

    Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease

    Pathogenesis of chlamydia pneumoniae

  • Thomas P. Stricker, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Director, CALDx - Center for Advanced Lab Diagnostics

    Cancer, breast cancer, genomics, ChIP-seq, RNAseq, mutations, chromatin, transcription, epigenetics

  • Larry L. Swift, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Lipoprotein assembly, lipid droplet formation, adipocyte biology

  • James W. Thomas II, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Mechanisms that regulate immune tolerance and why they fail in autoimmune disorders such at type 1 diabetes

  • Benjamin F. Tillman, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Division of Hematology and Oncology
    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Division of Laboratory Medicine

    Hematology and oncology

  • Luc Van Kaer, Ph.D.

    Elizabeth and John Shapiro Chair
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Role of innate-type regulatory lymphocytes in health and chronic inflammatory diseases

  • Ingrid M. Verhamme, Ph.D.

    Research Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Regulation of blood coagulation proteolytic enzymes

  • Cindy L. Vnencak-Jones, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Pediatrics

    Clinical molecular genetics

  • Jeanne M. Wallace, D.V.M.

    Vice President for Animal Care
    Director, Division of Animal Care
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

    Diseases of nonhuman primates, Animal models of obesity and metabolic syndrome

  • Huiying Wang, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

  • Lorraine B Ware, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Translational research in acute lung injury and lung transplantation

  • Mary Kay Washington, Ph.D., M.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Histopathology of gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases and mouse models of GI cancer

  • Jaclyn C Watkins, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Endometrial cancer, familial tumor syndromes, cervical cancer, vulvar neoplasia, ovarian cancer

  • Alissa M. Weaver, Ph.D., M.D.

    Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Cancer invasion, membrane trafficking, cytoskeleton, systems biology, secreted exosomes, extracellular RNA

  • Vivian Lee Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Molecular and immunologic mechanisms of thyroid cancer invasion and metastasis

  • Allison Paroskie Wheeler, M.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Assistant Professor in Pediatrics

    Hemophilia and hemostatic disorders in pediatric patients

  • Ferrin C. Wheeler, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Clinical cytogenetics and molecular diagnostics in cancer

  • Keith T. Wilson, M.D.

    Thomas F. Frist Sr. Chair in Medicine
    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Medicine Professor of Cancer Biology
    Director, Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer

    Host immune response to the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori 

  • Lan Wu, M.D.

    Research Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Interactions between the immune and metabolic systems, whole body metabolism

  • Haichun Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

    Research Instructor in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Research Instructor in Pediatrics

  • Ashwini K. Yenamandra, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Clinical cytogenetics including cytogenomic array

  • Zahra Shajani Yi, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Endocrinology, Clinical Chemistry and Test Utilization

  • Erin N.Z. Yu, D.V.M.

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Assistant Director of Clinical Medicine

    Animal models of human disease

  • Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Understanding and targeting tumor cell adhesion and migration in cancer metastasis

  • Mary M. Zutter, M.D.

    Vice President for Integrative Diagnostics
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Louise B. McGavock Chair

    Molecular basis of cell adhesion to collagen with a focus on the alpha2 beta1 integrin

  • Christopher Pinelli , DVM, PhD, DACVP

    Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology