Bacterial Pathogenesis

Learn about research studies and clinical trials conducted by the Division of Infectious Disease in the area of bacterial pathenogenesis.

Molecular interactions of bacterial pathogens with host cells

• Marcia Goldberg, MD: Bacterial host-pathogen interactions and rapid diagnostics of infection
• Deborah Hung, MD, PhD: In vivo mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and infectious disease diagnostics
• Dennis Kim, MD, PhD: Molecular Genetics of Host-Microbe Interactions in C. elegans
• Cammie Lesser, MD, PhD: Bacterial host-pathogen interactions and the development of designer probiotics as therapeutics

Immune response to bacterial pathogens

• Stephen Calderwood, MD: Host immune responses and protective immunity following cholera and cholera vaccination
• Richelle Charles, MD: Human immune responses to cholera and typhoid fever
• Joseph El Khoury, MD: Role of the innate immune system in neurodegeneration, inflammation, and infection
• Marcia Goldberg, MD: Bacterial host-pathogen interactions and rapid diagnostics of infection
• Jason Harris, MD: Human immune response to cholera and cholera vaccines
• Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH: Host factors influencing susceptibility to cholera in endemic settings
• Cammie Lesser, MD, PhD: Bacterial host-pathogen interactions and the development of designer probiotics as therapeutics
• Edward Ryan, MD, DTM&H: Host-pathogen interactions, immune responses and vaccine development for bacterial pathogens
• Shaw Warren, MD: Pathogenesis and treatment of sepsis and induced secondary inflammation

Microbiota

• Elizabeth Hohmann, MD: Fecal transplantation for C. difficile and other indications
• Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH: Host factors influencing susceptibility to cholera in endemic settings
• Cammie Lesser, MD, PhD: Bacterial host-pathogen interactions and the development of designer probiotics as therapeutics
• Ana Weil, MD: Gut microbiota impact on immune responses to Vibrio cholerae and cholera vaccines