Faculty Research Summaries
Mark Brown, Professor, Department of Entomology
Characterize the structure and function of peptide hormones and their
receptors that activate key reproductive processes in two mosquito
species: the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, and the African
malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.
Donald E. Champagne, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology
Vector biology; salivary factors, particularly polypeptides, which
facilitate blood feeding by inhibiting hemostatic defenses in
vertebrate hosts.
Daniel G. Colley, Director, CTEGD; Professor, Department of Microbiology
Immunology of schistosomiasis and operational research in support of schistosomiasis control.
Harry W. Dickerson, Jr. Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine
Molecular approaches to diagnosis and vaccine development in fish and livestock diseases.
Roberto Docampo
Barbara and Sanford Orkin - GRA Eminent Scholar in Tropical and
Emerging Global Diseases; Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
Metabolic pathways of trypanosomatids and malaria parasites.
Stephen L. Hajduk, Professor and Department Head, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Molecular and biochemical basis of parasitic diseases
Jessica Kissinger, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics
Comparative genomic approaches to address issues relevant to the evolution and biology of the Apicomplexa.
Patrick J. Lammie Supervisory Research Biologist, Parasitic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cellular Biology
Immunology of human bancroftian filariasis and cryptosporidiosis.
Kojo A. Mensa-Wilmot Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
Biochemistry and molecular biology of Trypansoma brucei. Role of GPIs and GPI-phospholipase C in protozoan biology.
Julie M. Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases
Human and animal model-based studies of host immune mechanisms in
malaria during pregnancy and their disruption in HIV-1 infection;
hormone modulation of immunity to infection during pregnancy.
Silvia N.J. Moreno, Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
Biochemical studies of Toxoplasma gondii: identification of differences
in Ca2+ metabolism and function between the host cell and the parasite.
Ynes R. Ortega, Assistant Professor, Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science & Technology
Detection of human and animal pathogenic parasites in food, biological
and environmental samples; pathogenesis of coccidian parasites with
emphasis on Crytosporidium parvum and Cyclospora cayetanensis. Methods
for parasite inactivation in food products.
David S. Peterson, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases
A family of adhesion proteins in Plasmodium falciparum which interacts with receptor molecules on host cells.
Pejman Rohani Associate Professor, Institute of Ecology
Population biology, spatial ecology, epidemiology, mathematical modeling.
Robert Sabatini, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Antigenic variation in African trypanosomes
Mike R. Strand, Professor, Department of Entomology
Parasite-host interactions with emphasis on the study of parasitic wasps (parasitoids), insect development, and immunity.
Boris Striepen, Associate Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
Cell and molecular biology of apicomplexan parasites (Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium).
Rick L. Tarleton Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of immunity and disease in Trypanosoma cruzi infections.
