Christopher Aiken, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Biochemistry and molecular biology of HIV infection; Antiviral mechanisms
Manuel Ascano, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Post-transcriptional gene regulation in innate immunity and cellular stress
Brian Bachmann, PhD
Co-Director of the Program in Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Biochemistry
Biosynthesis of bioactive secondary metabolites
Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Linking gut microbiota, host metabolism, and disease
Richard Caprioli, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
Director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Center Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Mass spectrometry investigation of biological processes
James Cassat, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
Interaction between host and pathogen during invasive bacterial infections
Walter Chazin, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Chancellor's Chair in Medicine
The structure and function of macromolecular complexes that are important for human health
James Crowe, Jr., MD
Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Ann Scott Carell Chair
Human B cell and antibody responses to infections
Suman Das, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Viral genomics of Influenza, RSV, Rotavirus, Norovirus, EEEV, VEEV, West Nile virus, Chikungunya, Zika, Ebola, and Enterovirus, synthetic genomics, virus-host microbiome interactions, modeling of evolution of RNA viruses using in vitro, in vivo and computational tools.
Mark Denison, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatrics
Replication, cell biology, and pathogenesis of coronaviruses; emerging viruses in biodefense
Ivelin Georgiev, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
Computational immunology and virology
Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor in Urology
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
Bacterial Signal Transduction and Multicellular Behavior in Uropathogens
Sebastian Joyce, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Dorothy B. and Theodore R. Austin Chair in Pathology
Antigen presentation and recognition by immune cells
John Karijolich, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Host-virus interactions in gamma herpesvirus infection
Borden Lacy, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Edward and Nancy Fody Chair in Pathology
Professor of Biochemistry
Structures and molecular mechanisms of bacterial toxins
Deborah Lannigan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
Signaling pathways involved in mammary gland homeostasis and breast cancer
Craig Lindsley, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Biochemistry
William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine
Medicinal chemistry efforts to validate novel targets/mechanisms
Houra Merrikh, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
DNA replication, mutagenesis, and evolution
Kristen Ogden, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
The structure and function of macromolecular complexes that are important for human health
Neil Osheroff, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
John Coniglio Chair in Biochemistry
Professor of Medicine
Function and biology of DNA topoisomerases
Richard Peek, PhD
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Cancer Biology
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Allergically-mediated and virally-induced lung inflammation
Lars Plate, PhD
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biological Sciences
Chemical Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Proteomics, Microbiology, Enzymology, Drug discovery, VICB
Henrique Serezani, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding host defense in pre-existing inflammatory conditions
Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH
Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
Director, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis
Ernest W. Goodpasture Chair in Pathology
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Factors and processes involved in the battle for metal between bacterial pathogens and their hosts
Gary Sulikowski, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Stevenson Chair of Chemistry
Professor of Pharmacology
Stereocontrolled synthesis, total synthesis, chemical probes, heterocycle synthesis
Steven Townsend, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Chemical synthesis of biologically important molecules
David Wright, PhD
Dean of Sciences
Stevenson Chair of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Tropical infectious diseases and diagnostics
Laurence Zwiebel, PhD
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences
Professor of Biological Sciences
Professor of Pharmacology
The comprehensive study of olfaction and olfactory-based behaviors in malaria and other disease vector mosquitoes