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
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