Meet Our MCW Microbiology & Immunology Faculty
Primary Faculty
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John R. Kirby, PhD
Chair, Microbiology & Immunology; Walter Schroeder Professor in Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Microbiome, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Microbiome Research
Microbial Signal Transduction
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Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Microbial Pathogenesis
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Kenneth L. Brockman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Microbial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Gene Regulation, Host-Microbe Interactions
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Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Immune regulation and homeostasis
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Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Cancer Metastasis, Tumor Microenvironment, Mucosal Inflammation
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Jessica Kelliher, PhD
Assistant Professor
Microbial Pathogenesis, Cellular Microbiology, Bacterial Physiology
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Christopher J. Kristich, PhD
Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research
Signal Transduction and Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria
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Robert Lochhead, PhD
Assistant Professor; Secondary Faculty in Medicine (Rheumatology)
Lyme disease, inflammation and autoimmunity
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Mark T. McNally, PhD
Associate Professor
RNA Processing (splicing and polyadenylation) in Cells and Viruses
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Michelle Riehle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Malaria Vector Biology, Genetics of Susceptibility, Microbiome and Immunity
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Eillen Tecle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Epithelial Immunity, Intracellular Pathogens, Purine Metabolism, Glycobiology
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Scott S. Terhune, PhD
Professor
Human Cytomegalovirus Host-Cell Protein Interactions During Infection
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Demin Wang, PhD
Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute; Professor
Signal Regulation of B Lymphopoiesis
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Renren Wen, PhD
Associate Professor; Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute
T and B cell Activation and Signaling
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Xue-Zhong Yu, MBA, MS, MD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Associate Director of Basic Sciences in the MCW Cancer Center
Tumor Immunology, Cancer Immunotherapy, Graft-versus-Host Disease
Research Track Professors
Yongxia Wu, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Graft-versus-Host Disease, Cancer Immunotherapy
Center Directors
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Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
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Christopher J. Kristich, PhD
Professor; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research
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