Host Defense And Physiology Unit Scientists

UNIT LEADER: Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor, M.D., Ph.D., – Host-microbe interactions, immune system development Visit Dr. Hartigan-O'Connor's page.

SCIENTISTS

Satya Dandekar, Ph.D., CORE SCIENTIST – SIV pathogenesis, mucosal immunity Visit Dr. Dandekar's page.

Angela Haczku M.D., Ph.D., CORE SCIENTIST – Pulmonary immunology, the impact of environmental exposures on respiratory health and disease Visit Dr. Haczku's page

Hong Ji, Ph.D., CORE SCIENTIST – Epigenetic regulation of chronic disease Visit Dr. Ji's page.

Joanna Kaplan, DVM, Ph.D., AFFILIATE SCIENTIST - Medicine, Epidemiology, Cardiology. Visit Dr. Kaplan's page.

Marcelo J. Kuroda, M.D., Ph.D., CORE SCIENTIST – SIV pathogenesis, monocyte/macrophage biology Visit Dr. Kuroda's page.

Paul A. Luciw, Ph.D., CORE SCIENTIST – SIV pathogenesis, vaccines Visit Dr. Luciw's page.

Lisa A. Miller, Ph.D.,  CORE SCIENTIST – Development of pulmonary immunity, pediatric lung disease, air pollution Visit Dr. Miller's page.

Koen Van Rompay, D.V.M., Ph.D., UNIT LEADER – Pathogenesis, antiviral drugs and vaccines; HIV, Zika virus, SARS-CoV-2 Visit Dr. Van Rompay's page.

Christopher Royer, D.V.M., Ph.D., AFFILIATE SCIENTIST – Development of lung defenses in the context of polluted inhalable environments Visit Dr. Royer's page.

Edward S. Schelegle,Ph.D., AFFILIATE SCIENTIST – Pulmonary function in asthma Visit Dr. Schelegle's page.

 

EMERITUS SCIENTISTS

Christopher J. Miller, D.V.M., Ph.D., CORE SCIENTIST – SIV pathogenesis, influenza A, HSV-2, vaccines Visit Dr. Miller's page.

Kent E. Pinkerton, Ph.D., AFFILIATE SCIENTIST – Environmental tobacco smoke and perinatal development Visit Dr. Pinkerton's page.