Primary Faculty

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

Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Microbial Pathogenesis

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

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; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Cancer Metastasis, Tumor Microenvironment, Mucosal Inflammation



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

Renren Wen, PhD
Associate Professor; Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute

Xue-Zhong Yu, MBA, MS, MD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology Associate Director of Basic Sciences in the MCW Cancer Center
Research Track Professors
Center Directors

Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

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