Primary Faculty

John R. Kirby, PhD
Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research
Microbial Signal Transduction

Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD
Professor; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Microbial Pathogenesis

Kenneth L. Brockman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Microbial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Gene Regulation, Host-Microbe Interactions

Weiguo Cui, PhD
Associate Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Effector and memory T cell differentiation

Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Immune regulation and homeostasis

Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Leader, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
Cancer Metastasis, Tumor Microenvironment, Mucosal Inflammation


Jack Gorski, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Center for Human Immunology


Christopher J. Kristich, PhD
Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research
Signal Transduction and Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria

Robert Lochhead, PhD
Assistant Professor; Secondary Faculty in Medicine (Rheumatology)
Lyme disease, inflammation and autoimmunity

Mark T. McNally, PhD
Associate Professor
RNA Processing (splicing and polyadenylation) in Cells and Viruses

Michelle Riehle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Malaria Vector Biology, Genetics of Susceptibility, Microbiome and Immunity


Scott S. Terhune, PhD
Professor
Human Cytomegalovirus Host-Cell Protein Interactions During Infection

Demin Wang, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Assistant Professor
Signal Regulation of B Lymphopoiesis

Center Directors

Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Leader, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Christopher J. Kristich, PhD
Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research
