Microbial Pathogenesis Faculty

Herve Agaisse

Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Host/pathogen interaction, microorganisms; infection; cell-to-cell spread; Listeria; Shigella; Chlamydia; Rickettsia; Vaccinia; Drosophila melanogaster; immune response; stem cells; JAK/STAT signaling; aging

Choukri Ben Mamoun

Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Malaria

Michael Cappello

Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Director, Yale Program in International Child Health
Director, Yale World Fellows Program

Research Interests:Molecular parasitology; Hookworm pathogenesis & vaccine development; International child health

Clinical Interests:Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine and Parasitology; International Adoption

Jason Crawford

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Small molecule signaling; Antibiotic discovery & biosynthesis; Host-bacteria interactions; Bacterial secondary metabolism; Bacteria; Pathogen

Erol Fikrig

Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases

Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease; Human granulocytic ehrilichiosis; West Nile virus

Clinical Interests:Lyme disease; Anaplasmosis; General infectious diseases; Rheumatology

Jorge Galan

Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology
Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Microbial Pathogenesis; host/pathogen interaction

Andrew Goodman

Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Microbiota; Microbiome; Genomics; Gnotobiotic; Germfree; Symbiosis; Gut; Flora; Bacteria; Pathogen

Eduardo Groisman

Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
HHMI Investigator

Research Interests:bacterial genetics; signal transduction; infectious diseases; gene regulation; bacteria-host interactions; gut commensal bacteria

Christine Jacobs-Wagner

Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Microbial Pathogenesis
HHMI Investigator

Research Interests:Cell division; chromosome segregation; cell cycle coordination; cell morphogenesis, cytokeleton, cell polarity

Barbara Kazmierczak

Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Associate Director for Basic Research, MD-PhD Program, Yale University

Research Interests:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; innate immunity; host-pathogen interactions; mucosal immunity

Clinical Interests:Inpatient management of and consultation for infectious diseases.

Priti Kumar

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:RNA interference (RNAi)-based strategies for treating viral infections

Brett Lindenbach

Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Cell Biology; Enveloped Viruses; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C Virus; Molecular Biology; Positive-strand RNA Viruses; RNA; Virology; Virus

John MacMicking

Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Cell-autonomous immunity; Constitutive and inducible host defense programs; Inflammasomes; Interferons (IFNs); Intracellular pathogens; Single cell analyses; Vertebrate and bacterial genetics

Walther Mothes

Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:cell biology; retroviral replication; retroviruses; immune; viral biology; genetic; biochemical; cell imaging; Viral entry and exit; Retroviruses including HIV

Craig Roy

Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:Molecular; cellular; microbial pathogens; bacteria; vesicular transport; Legionella pneumophila; Coxiella burnetii; macrophages; protozoan; proteins

Richard Sutton

Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Interests:HIV replication and the development of small animal models of HIV; HIV vectors; HIV replication and gene transfer into non-dividing cells

Clinical Interests:HIV and general infectious diseases