The immune system is fundamentally evolved to protect against foreign pathogens and interact with the microbiome. Vanderbilt has a strong history of inquiry into mechanisms by which the immune system recognizes and eliminates pathogens. It is also now appreciated that the host microbiome plays a critical role to tune the immune response, control pathogenic bacteria, and maintain overall health.
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Christopher 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
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Holly Algood, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Assistant Professor of Medicine Immune response to Helicobacter pylori
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David Michael Aronoff, M.D..Director, Division of Infectious Diseases 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
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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
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Mark R. Boothby, M.D., Ph. D.Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Professor of Medicine Signal transduction, transcription regulation mechanisms
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Mariana Xavier Byndloss, D.V.M., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Linking gut microbiota, host metabolism, and disease
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James E. Cassat, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Associate 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
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Sung Hoon Cho, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Immune response, cellular metabolism & tumor progression
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Timothy L. Cover, M.D.Professor of Medicine Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Bacteria-host interactions, bacterial toxins, helicobacter pylori, and gastric cancer |
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James E. Crowe, 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
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Ivelin S. Georgiev, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Assistant Professor of Computer Science Computational immunology and virology
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Todd D. Giorgio, Ph.D.Professor of Biomedical Engineering Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor of Cancer Biology Protease-responsive biosensors for siRNA and drug delivery in vitro and in vivo
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Julián F. Hillyer, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Mosquito immunology and physiology
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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
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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
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John Joseph Karijolich, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Oncogenic Viruses, RNA-based mechanisms of antiviral and antitumor immunity, epigenomics, CRISPR screens
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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
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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
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Janet Markle, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Inborn errors of immunity, Molecular and cellular immunology, pediatric immune-mediated diseases
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Richard M. Peek, Jr., M.D.Director, Division of Gastroenterology Mina Cobb Wallace Chair in Immunology Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Pathogenesis, helicobacter pylori, gastric cancer, carcinogenesis, infectious disease, bacterial pathogenesis, inflammation, malignancy
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Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Ph.D.Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Professor of Pediatrics Amphibian immune defenses against an ancient fungal pathogen
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Ana P. Serezani, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor of Medicine Immunology, Inflammation, T cells, lung remodeling and fibrosis.
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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
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Edward R. Sherwood, M.D.,Ph.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
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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
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John T. Wilson, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Enginering Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Polymer science, nanotechnology, immunobiology, colloid and surface engineering, cell engineering, and drug delivery
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Ruben Martinez Barricarte, Ph.D.Professor of Medicine;Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Immunogenetics, primary immunodeficiencies, inborn errors of Immunity and infectious diseases
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Nicole L. Ward, Ph.D.Vice Chair for Research, Department of Dermatology Professor of Dermatology Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Dr. Ward's research interests include psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA), osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), lupus, hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), other inflammatory skin diseases, multi-‘omics, microbiome, and skin disease co-morbidities.
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Keith T. Wilson, M.D.Thomas F. Frist Sr. Chair in Medicine Professor of Medicine Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Host immune response to the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori
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