Biosciences Program Faculty performing Infection, Inflammation, Host Defense research

Inflammation, infection, and host defense research at the University of Iowa includes laboratories in the Inflammation Program and other programs on campus.

Name

Rank

Department/
Program
Research Description
Allen, Lee-Ann, PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Macrophage and neutrophil function, mechanisms of phagocytosis, pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori and Francisella tularensis
Apicella, Michael, MD Professor (Head) Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Understanding of the molecular basis of the human immune response to Neisseria and Haemophilus to improve vaccine technology.
Ballas, Zuhair, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Immunodeficiency, immunomodulation, natural killer cells, CpG DNA, Asthma, cancer immunology
Bishop, Gail, PhD Professor Microbiology
Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte activation; role in normal immunity, autoimmunity, and lymphoma.
Bonthius, Daniel, MD/PhD Professor Pediatrics
Neurology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Medical Scientist Training Program
Abnormalities of brain development, including fetal alcohol syndrome and congenital viral infections
Clegg, Steven, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular biology of enterobacterial adhesions
Donelson, John, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Molecular biology of parasites that cause tropical diseases
Griffith, Thomas, MD Associate Professor Urology
Immunology
Apoptosis, tumor immunology, urological oncology
Harty, John, PhD Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Immunobiology of T cell responses to pathogens
Heusel, Jonathan, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Molecular parameters of natural killer (NK) cell activation in the settings of viral infection, cancer, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Jones, Bradley, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Bacteria-host cell interactions of Salmonella pathogenesis; Francisella pathogenesis
Lin, Jim (Chung-Jung), PhD Professor Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Structure and function of protein components of the cytoskeleton; molecular mechanisms of cardiac morphogenesis
Maury, Wendy, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Regulation of lentiviral cell tropism
McCray, Paul, MD Professor Pediatrics
Microbiology
Genetics
Human Toxicology
Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases; Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis; Identification and Characterization of Host Defense Peptides and Proteins
Meier, Jeffrey, MD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Viral pathogenesis at the molecular level
Morita, Craig T., MD/PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Nonpeptide antigen recognition by gamma-delta T cells
Nauseef, William, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Human polymorphonuclear neutrophil metabolism and function
Perlman, Stanley, MD/PhD Professor Microbiology
Pediatrics
Immunology
Neuroscience
Virus-induced demyelination, SARS pathogenesis
Soll, David, PhD Professor Biology
Molecular Pathology and Cell Motility
Sutterwala, Fayyaz, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biology of the NOD-like receptor family in infection and inflammation.
Varga, Steve, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Viral immunology and immunopathology.
Waldschmidt, Thomas, PhD Professor Pathology
Immunology
B cell development, B cell subsets, Germinal center reaction, Bone marrow transplantation, Effect of ethanol on B cell function
Weiss, Jerrold, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Human Toxicology
Immunology
Innate mammalian antibacterial defense mechanisms
Welsh, Michael, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and fuction of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease
Yahr, Timothy, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Role of the type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis

 

 

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