University of Virginia Health System

Roger  Abounader,  M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Roles and targeting of c-Met in brain tumors; c-Met/PTEN interactions in gliomas; PTEN/mutant-p53 interactions in gliomas; microRNAs in brain tumors Yongde  Bao,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Research of Microbiology DNA Sequencing; Gene expression and genotyping Timothy  P.  Bender,  Ph. D. Professor of Microbiology Regulation of gene expression during lymphocyte development Ann  L.  Beyer,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Ribosomal RNA transcription & processing Amy  H.  Bouton,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Signaling Pathways that Regulate Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Response to Anticancer Agents; Adhesion Signaling In Macrophages; Bacteria-Host Cell Interactions Thomas  J.  Braciale,  M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology T Lymphocyte Responses To Virus Infection David  L.  Brautigan,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Protein Ser/Thr Phosphatases in Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle Jay  C.  Brown,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Structure and Assembly of the Herpes Simplex Virus Capsid. Michael  G.  Brown,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine NK Cells and Viral Immunity Timothy  N.  Bullock,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Generation of vaccines to tumors James  E.  Casanova,  Ph.D. Professor of Cell Biology Membrane Trafficking and Salmonella Pathogenesis Alison  K.  Criss,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neisserial pathogenesis Daniel  A.  Engel,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Drug discovery and molecular biology of influenza; Adenovirus transcriptional regulation. Victor  H.  Engelhard,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Immune responses to tumors and immunotherapy / Impact of self-tolerance on anti-tumor immunity / Processing and presentation of MHC-restricted antigens Loren  D.  Erickson,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Cellular and molecular mechanisms of B lymphocyte function; Genetic susceptibility in systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple myeloma; Immunotherapeutics in the treatment of B cell disorders Peter  B.  Ernst,  D.V.M, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Gastrointestinal inflammation with specific interests in lymphoepithelial cell interactions in H. pylori infection and inflammatory bowel disease. James  G.  Farmar,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Research of Microbiology Mass spectrometry and chemistry for the determination of protein sequence and post-translational modifications. Relative and absolute quantitation of proteins. Jay  W.  Fox,  Ph.D. Professor and Assistant Dean of Research Support of Microbiology Basement Membrane Structure and Metalloproteinases Shu-Man  Fu,  M.D., Ph.D. Margaret M. Trolinger Professor of Rheumatology of Medicine Human Lymphocyte Biology and Autoimmunity Daniel  G.  Gioeli,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Research of Microbiology Peptide Growth Factor and Androgen Signaling cross-talk in Prostate Cancer Progression. Ian  J.  Glomski,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of B. anthracis pathogenesis; detection and prevention of anthrax. Joanna  B.  Goldberg,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis Young  S.  Hahn,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Immune Suppression by Hepatitis C Virus Marie-Louise  Hammarskjold,  M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Post Transcriptional Gene Regulation and the Molecular Biology of Human Retroviruses Kevin  C.  Hazen,  Ph.D. Professor of Pathology Fungal pathogenesis. Fungal surface proteins and hydrophobicity. Paul  S.  Hoffman,  Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis Alan  F. "Rick"  Horwitz,  Ph.D. Professor of Cell Biology Synapse Formation and Cell Migration in Normal and Pathobiology-Adhesion, Signaling, Imaging and Proteomics Shyr-Te  Ju,  Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Regulatory T Cells and Multi-Organ Autoimmune Disease Dean  H.  Kedes,  M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Human Herpes virus Associated with Kaposi's Sarcoma Jason  M.  Kinchen,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Research of Microbiology Signaling during apoptotic cell phagocytosis and degradation. Deborah  A.  Lannigan,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Kinases, Drugs and Breast Cancer Joanne  Lannigan,  M.S. Research Scientist of Microbiology Ulrike  M.  Lorenz,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Involvement of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in signal transduction pathways Ian  G.  Macara,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Mammary Gland Morphogenesis, Stem Cells, and Breast Cancer; Mechanisms of Cell Polarity; Polarity Proteins as Tumor Suppressors; Protein Methylation. Barbara  J.  Mann,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Pathogenicity of Francisella tularensis and vaccines Marcia  J.  McDuffie,  M.D. Professor of Microbiology Genetic analysis of autoimmunity Borna  Mehrad,  M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Pulmonary anti-microbial host defense David  W.  Mullins,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Immunotherapy; Tumor Immunology J.  Thomas  Parsons,  Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Microbiology Adhesion Signaling in Normal, Cardiovascular and Cancer Cells Sarah (Sally)  J.  Parsons,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Molecular mechanisms of Src family tyrosine kinases in mitogenesis, tumorigenesis, and neuronal activity. Lucy  F.  Pemberton,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Nuclear Transport in Chromatin Assembly and Transcriptional Regulation William  A.  Petri,  Jr.,  M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Division Chief of Medicine Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis of Parasitic Infection Thomas  A.  Platts-Mills,  M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Common Allergic Diseases Kodi  S.  Ravichandran,  B.V.Sc., Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Intracellular signaling in lymphocytes and phagocytes David  M.  Rekosh,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Human Immunodeficiency; Virus Gene Expression Anjeanette "AJ"  Roberts,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Graduate Education of Microbiology Graduate Coordinator of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases Martin  A.  Schwartz,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Integrin Signaling and Its Relevance to Mechanotransduction, Cancer and Vascular Disease John  D.  Shannon,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Research of Microbiology Protein primary structure determination, chromatography of biomolecules, biomolecule interactions. Nicholas  E.  Sherman,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Research of Microbiology Mass spectrometry and related techniques to elucidate primary protein sequence and post-translational modifications Jill  K.  Slack-Davis,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Research of Microbiology Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Ovarian Cancer Metastasis M.  Mitchell  Smith,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Functional Genomics of Histones, Chromatin, and Protein Acetylation Signaling in Cancer and the Cell Cycle Kenneth  S.  Tung,  M.D. Professor of Pathology Tolerance and Autoimmunity: My laboratory explores the fundamental mechanisms of prevention and induction of autoimmune diseases of clinical relevance. Julie  D.  Turner,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medical Education of Microbiology Cell biological dissection of the mechanism of HIV/M. tuberculosis synergy Michael  J.  Weber,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Signal Transducing Kinases in Cancer Gail  W.  Wertz,  Ph.D. Professor of Pathology Molecular Virology, Transcriptional Control, Viral Vaccine Development Judith  M.  White,  Ph.D. Professor of Cell Biology Virus Entry into Cells, Virus-Cell Fusion, Entry Inhibitors Wenhao  Xu,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Research of Microbiology Genetic engineering of murine research models by manipulating germlines, embryos and embryonic stem cells. Angela  Zarling,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Research of Microbiology Manipulation of phosphopeptide display on cancer cells