Host-Pathogen Researchers

Principal Investigators

David Bradley
Immunogenetic as well as immunopathogenic events in relapsing polychondritis; Role of microbial agents in susceptibility/resistance to the onset of arthritis

Colin Combs
Neuroimmune interactions during aging and neurodegenerative diseases

Jyotika Sharma
Role of C-type lectin receptors in regulation of inflammation and myeloid cell function in bacterial pneumosepsis and chronic lung diseases

Project Leaders

Catherine Brissette
Lyme disease, spirochetes, bacterial pathogenesis.

Nadeem Khan
Respiratory bacterial-viral co-infection, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) colonization and pathogenesis, innate and adaptive type 17 immunity, natural immunity to pneumococcal colonization, vaccine development.

Masfique Mehedi
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - host interactions: by delineating the mechanism of filopodia-driven RSV cell-to-cell spread, novel insights into RSV biology and targets for therapeutics development will be identified.

Bibhuti Mishra
Immunology, Mounting an Immune Response and Myeloid cell Activation, Neuro-immunology, Epigenetic mechanisms in regulation of inflammation, Role of epigenetics in inflammation-associated/autoimmune diseases, Parasitology, Sjögren's syndrome.

Research Core Directors

Bryon Grove
Image and Imaging Center Core Supervisor

David Bradley
Flow Cytometry Core Supervisor

Colin Combs
Histology Core Supervisor

Min Wu
Human Tissue Core Supervisor

Pilot Grant Awardees