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
Associate 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
