Ott, Isabel
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Evolutionary Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology
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“I’m interested in understanding what drives vector-borne virus transition between endemic and epidemic transmission cycles, including virus evolution, ecology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis. I hope to focus on arboviruses endemic to North America, and the ways eco-epidemiological change has shaped disease burdens in these largely understudied viruses.”
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Robles, Celeste
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Pathogenesis & Infection, Pathology, Virology
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“Pathogenesis and pathology are the areas of research I find myself most interested in. I’m interested in researching the cellular and molecular mechanisms of disease, especially a disease that disproportionately affects underrepresented populations. I have a broad range of diseases I’d be open to researching!”
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Landis, Justin
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Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Virology
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“I am passionate about developing new tools or models for visualizing and analyzing biological data. I am interested in understanding the pathogenesis of cancer-causing viruses through various NGS technologies.”
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Weight, Abbie
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Pathogenesis & Infection, Translational Medicine, Virology
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“I am interested in virus-host interactions, viral pathogenesis, and understanding how host immunity controls or contributes to pathogenesis. I am particularly interested in working with arboviruses.”
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Bhatt, Urja
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Bacteriology, Immunology, Virology
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“1) Viral and non-viral Gene therapy
2) Applying single-cell multi-omics technology to learn about gene expression during viral infection and disease pathology
3) Infectious diseases and development of novel vaccine platforms”
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Alam, Ida
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Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology
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“In graduate school, I would like to deepen my knowledge of molecular virology, host-pathogen interaction, immune homeostasis, immune memory generation, and immune response to viral infection and cancer.”
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DiMaulo-Milk, Emily
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Bacteriology, Immunology, Virology
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“I’m interested in understanding the mechanism by which pathogens cause disease and evade immune response. Ultimately, I am hoping to provide the foundation for improving current therapeutics designed to combat viral infection.”
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Khetan, Pri
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Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology
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“I am interested in understanding the various host and viral factors involved in the establishment and persistence of viral infections. Another avenue I want to explore involves harnessing the immune system and host factors essentially for viral pathogenesis to clear infections.”
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Bartelt, Luther
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Microbiology & Immunology RESEARCH INTEREST
Antibiotics/Antivirals, Bacteriology, Immunology, Metabolism, Microbiome, Model Organisms, Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, Translational Medicine, Virology
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Our lab performs translational investigations of nutritional and microbiota determinants of host-pathogen interactions. We use gnotobiotic techniques (eg. germ free) mice to investigate complex microbe-microbe interactions in the context of host malnutrition, a common but poorly understood global health problem. Specific pathogens we model include Giardia (a ubiquitous parasite with unclear mechanisms of pathogenesis) and other intestinal parasites and multi drug resistant Enterobacterales (eg. Klebsiella). We work with several collaborators to translate findings in experimental models to outcomes in human cohorts. Emerging projects include determinants of host immune responses to mucosal viral infections and vaccines (eg. Polio and SARS-CoV-2).
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Sheahan, Tim
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Microbiology & Immunology RESEARCH INTEREST
Drug Discovery, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology
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Dr. Sheahan is an expert virologist with a primary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health and a secondary appointment in Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Medicine. His research is focused on understanding emerging viral diseases and developing new means to stop them with a current focus on coronavirus and hepacivirus.
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