Molecular Medicine Graduate Program
Mentors in Molecular Basis of Disease
Infectious Disease & Toxins

Jay  W.  Fox,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor and Assistant Dean of Research Support of Microbiology
Research Interests:
Basement Membrane Structure and Metalloproteinases
Joanna  B.  Goldberg,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis
Dean  H.  Kedes,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International Health
Research Interests:
Human Herpes virus Associated with Kaposi's Sarcoma
Barbara  J.  Mann,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International Health
Research Interests:
Pathogenicity of Francisella tularensis and the human parasite Entamoeba histolytica, vaccines
William  A.  Petri,  Jr.,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor and Division Chief of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International Health
Research Interests:
Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis of Parasitic Infection
Zhifeng  Shao,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Molecular Imaging and Single Molecule Biophysics
Lukas  K.  Tamm,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Biomembrane Structure and Function; Membrane Fusion in Viral Cell Entry and Exocytosis; Lipid-Protein Interactions
Ronald  P.  Taylor,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests:
Clearance of Pathogens: The role of complement in Immunotherapy: New approaches to vaccine generation