The Pathogenesis and Immunological Basis of Infectious Disease

Associated Faculty:

Jeffrey K. Actor, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston. Examination of host immune responses during parasitic disease; understanding proinflammatory and regulatory cytokines during mycobacterial infections; quantitative bioluminescent RT-PCR; vaccine development

Robert L. Hunter, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston. Tuberculosis.

Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston. The biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

Steven J. Norris, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston. Pathogenesis and Its Relationship to the Molecular Genetics of Invasive Bacteria.

Sudhir Paul, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston. Evolution of catalytic activity in antibodies (Abs); Functional role of Ab catalysis in autoimmune disease; Elicitation of catalytic immunity in vaccination against cancer and microbes; Interactions of amphiphilic neuropeptides with lipids .

L. Scott Rodkey, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston. Antibodies, mechanism of action and function in health and disease; studies of Rh blood group antigens, structure and function; electrophoresis technology.

Audrey Wanger, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston. Application of Molecular Biology to Clinical Microbiology.