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Our faculty includes over 30 doctoral-level scientists involved in research, education and research support. The major research areas are infectious diseases and gene therapy. In the last year the TNPRC supported research by over 280 scientists from 32 states and 13 countries.
For more information on recent Faculty Publications and Faculty Presentations please follow these links.
Division of Bacteriology & Parasitology
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| Chair – Mario T. Philipp, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology |
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| Faculty |
Appointment |
Research Interests |
| Cogswell, Frank PhD |
Adjunct Assistant Professor |
malaria, microarray
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| Dennis, Vida PhD |
Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Lyme disease, chlamydia |
| Embers, Monica E. PhD |
Instructor |
Lyme disease, primate Moraxella, Brucellosis |
| Kaushal, Deepak PhD |
Research Assistant Professor |
tuberculosis, bioinformatics |
| Philipp, Mario T. PhD |
Professor |
Lyme disease, Streptococcus pneumoniae
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| Ramamoorthy, Ramesh PhD |
Research Assistant Professor |
Lyme disease |
Division of Comparative Pathology
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| Chair – Ronald S. Veazey, DVM, PhD, Professor of Pathology |
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| Faculty |
Appointment |
Research Interests |
| Alvarez, Xavier PhD |
Research Associate Professor |
AIDS neuropathogenesis, immunology |
| Aye, Pyone DVM, PhD |
Research Assistant Professor |
infectious diseases, AIDS |
| Borda, Juan DVM, PhD |
Clinical Assistant Professor |
AIDS neuropathogenesis, primate pathology
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| Didier, Peter DVM, PhD |
Clinical Associate Professor |
tuberculosis, West Nile Virus |
| Green, Linda C. PhD |
Instructor |
AIDS, opportunistic infections |
| Lackner, Andrew A. DVM, PhD |
Professor |
pathogenesis of AIDS, infectious diseases
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| Ling, Binhua MD, PhD |
Research Assistant Professor |
AIDS, infectious diseases |
| MacLean, Andrew PhD |
Assistant Professor |
AIDS neuropathogenesis, blood-brain barrier |
| Mohan, Mahesh DVM, MS, PhD |
Instructor |
AIDS pathogenesis/ Enteropathy, Gastrointestinal Diseases, microRNAs |
| Pandrea, Ivona MD, PhD |
Associate Professor |
AIDS, infectious diseases and cancer |
| Veazey, Ronald S. DVM, PhD |
Professor |
AIDS pathogenesis, mucosal immunology
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Division of Microbiology
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| Chair – Preston A. Marx, PhD, Professor of Tropical Medicine |
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| Faculty |
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Research Interests |
| Apetrei, Cristian MD, PhD |
Associate Professor |
AIDS pathogenesis, HIV and SIV diversity and evolution
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| Didier, Elizabeth PhD |
Professor |
microsporidiosis, immunology, drug discovery |
| Marx, Preston A. PhD |
Professor |
AIDS pathogenesis and vaccine development, immunology, origins of HIV
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| Roy, Chad PhD |
Research Assistant Professor |
infectious disease aerobiology, transmissibility of disease |
| Sestak, Karol DVM, PhD |
Research Assistant Professor |
diseases of the intestinal tract, mucosal vaccines |
| Traina-Dorge, Vicki PhD |
Senior Primate Research Scientist |
Human and Simian T cell Leukemia Viruses, Varicella Virus |
| Voss, Thomas G. PhD |
Assistant Professor |
SARS, influenza |
Division of Veterinary Medicine
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| Chair – Rudolf P. Bohm, Jr., DVM, Associate Director for Veterinary Resources, Professor of Clinical Medicine |
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| Faculty |
Appointment |
Research Interests |
| Baker, Kate PhD |
Research Professor |
psychological wellbeing, nonhuman primate behavior |
| Blanchard, James L. DVM, PhD |
Adjunct Professor |
SIV/AIDS, veterinary medicine
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| Bohm Jr., Rudolf P. DVM |
Professor |
surgical model development, veterinary medicine
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| Doyle, Lara A. DVM |
Veterinarian |
veterinary medicine |
| Dufour, Jason DVM |
Veterinarian |
veterinary medicine |
| Kubisch, Michael PhD |
Adjunct Assistant Professor |
assisted reproduction, preimplatation development |
| Ratterree, Marion DVM |
Assistant Professor |
assisted reproductive technologies, AIDS |
| Ribka, Erin DVM |
Veterinarian |
veterinary medicine |
| Singletary, Morgan DVM |
Veterinarian |
veterinary medicine |
FACULTY EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
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| Apetrei, Cristian MD, PhD |
Journal of Medical Primatology |
Member-Editorial Board |
| Blanchard, James L. DVM, PhD |
Journal of Medical Primatology |
Member-Editorial Board
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| Bohm Jr., Rudolf P. DVM |
Journal of Medical Primatology |
Member-Editorial Board |
| Bunnell, Bruce A. PhD |
Journal of Molecular Therapy |
Member-Editorial Board |
| Lackner, Andrew A. DVM, PhD |
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses |
Member-Editorial Board
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American Journal of Pathology |
Associate Editor |
| Marx, Preston A. PhD |
Journal of Medical Primatology |
Editor-in-Chief
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| Philipp, Mario T. PhD |
Infection and Immunity |
Member-Editorial Board |
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Journal of Spirochetal and Tick-Borne Diseases |
Member-Editorial Board |
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Revista Argentina de Microbiología |
Foreign Member-Editorial Board |
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Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiología |
Foreign Member-Editorial Board |
| Veazey, Ronald S. DVM, PhD |
Journal of Medical Primatology |
Member-Editorial Board
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