Kristen Bernard
Pathogenesis of arboviruses. more info
kab17@health.state.ny.us

Ellen Braun-Howland
Occurrence and control of pathogens in the environment; molecular detection of environmentally significant organisms. more info
bhowland@wadsworth.org

April Burch
Virus assembly and the host-pathogen interface. more info
aburch@wadsworth.org

Sudha Chaturvedi
Fungal and parasite pathogeneses, protein transport and secretion mechanisms. more info
schaturv@wadsworth.org

Vishnu Chaturvedi
Fungal pathogenesis, diagnostics, antifungals and molecular epidemiology. more info
vishnu.chaturvedi@wadsworth.org

Nick M. Cirino
Viral and bacterial pathogenesis, therapeutics and vaccine development, diagnostic assay development. more info
ncirino@wadsworth.org

Jan Conn
Evolutionary genetics of mosquitoes that transmit infectious diseases. more info
jconn@wadsworth.org

Christina Egan, Ph.D., Albany Medical College, 1997.
Diagnostic assay development for the detection of biothreat agents. more info
cte01@health.state.ny.us

Jan Keithly
Drug discovery against parasites; biochemistry and molecular biology of parasite metabolic pathways. more info
keithly@wadsworth.org

Jeffrey S. Kennedy
Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology and Immunology. more info
jsk07@health.state.ny.us

Laura D. Kramer
Epidemiology, ecology and evolution of arthropod-borne viruses. more info
kramer@wadsworth.org

David A. Lawrence
Biochemistry of lymphocyte activation; differential sensitivities of lymphoid subsets; immunotoxicological effects of environmental factors. more info
lawrencd@wadsworth.org

William T. Lee
T-cell development; phenotypic, developmental, and functional characterization of differences between virgin and memory T-helper cells. more info
leew@wadsworth.org

Susan Madison Antenucci
Molecular Biology of Parasites, RNA editing in Pathogenic Parasites. more info
susanma@wadsworth.org

Nicholas Mantis
Mucosal immunity and vaccine development to enteropathogenic bacteria and toxins. more info
nmantis@wadsworth.org

Kathleen McDonough
Microbial pathogenesis; host parasite interactions; TB and plague. more info
mcdonoug@wadsworth.org

James McSharry, Ph.D., 1970.
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of antiviral compounds.
mcsharj@mail.amc.edu

* Donal Murphy
Expression and function of major histocompatibility (MHC) genes in the immune system. more info
murphy@wadsworth.org

* Kimberlee Musser
Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Agents; Bioterrorism Preparedness. more info
musser@wadsworth.org

* Harry Taber
Molecular expression of genes controlling membrane functions in simple systems of microbial differentiation. more info
taber@wadsworth.org

David Wentworth
Molecular determinants of interspecies transmission and pathogenesis of influenza and corona viruses. more info
dwentwor@wadsworth.org

Gary Winslow
Immunity to intracellular bacteria. more info
winslow@wadsworth.org

* Susan Wong
Infectious disease immunology; development of diagnostic assays for tickbome pathogens. more info
sjw03@health.state.ny.us

Faculty with Secondary Appointments in IID:

Marlene Belfort
Dynamics of mobile, self-splicing introns at the level of DNA, RNA and protein accessories. more info
marlene.belfort@wadsworth.org

Joachim Jaeger
Structure/function studies of viral replication complexes using X-ray crystallography, solution scattering, imaging techniques, mutagenesis and kinetics. more info
jjaeger@wadsworth.org

Hongmin Li
Crystal structure of macromolecular complesxes in bacterial or viral infection and host response. more info
lih@wadsworth.org

Paul S. Masters
Molecular virology of coronaviruses; structure and function of viral ribonucleo-proteins. more info
masters@wadsworth.org

Joseph T. Wade
Regulation of gene expression in bacteria more info
jwade@wadsworth.org

Adjunct Faculty:

Jacques Izard
Analysis of the involvement of the cytoplasmic filamentous structure during the cell division of Treponema bacteria, to decipher the protein complex associated with its function, using genetic, biochemical and structural approaches. This is the first step toward identifying new potential drug-therapy target(s).
JIzard@forsyth.org

Ronald Limberger
Genetics, structure and pathogenesis of spirochetes; regulation of bacterial/motility genes. more info
limberg@wadsworth.org

Rama Ramani
Fungal diagnosis and taxonomy, antifungals, development of rapid and new techniques for fungal diagnosis and antifungal studies.
rxr15@health.state.ny.us

Ira F. Salkin
Fungal taxonomy; applied techniques for identification of medical mycoses; fungal pathogenesis; clinical laboratory evaluation and administration.
irasalkin@aol.com

Joseph T. Wade
Regulation of gene expression in bacteria more info
jwade@wadsworth.org

Robert Webster
Immunopathology of acute lung injury; Inflammatory responses involving acute phase proteins, neutrophils and complement.
rwebster@uamail.albany.edu

David Woodland
T cell immunity to pathogens that infect the respiratory tract.
dwoodland@trudeauinstitute.org

Additional information on faculty research interests and publications can be found at: http://www.wadsworth.org/resnres/bios/pifacframe.htm