6/17/2025
William A. Petri, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. studies immunology and molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases and their consequences. The scope of research includes immunopathogenesis and vaccine development for COVID-19, molecular parasitology…
6/17/2025
My research focuses on the application of quantitative molecular diagnostics to the epidemiology of enteric diseases in children in developing countries, including revising estimates of pathogen-specific burdens of diarrhea and…
6/17/2025
I am interested in mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis. My research currently is focused on understanding the interactions of Clostridioides diffcile with intestinal cells and the associated impact on the immune…
6/17/2025
Our research on viruses provides insight not only into the diseases they cause, but it also leads to the discovery of novel basic mechanisms that operate in eukaryotic cells. Over…
6/17/2025
Humans are colonized with trillions of microorganisms, collectively termed the microbiota. Aside from providing a first line of defense to invading pathogens or aiding in digestion and metabolism, commensal microbes…
6/17/2025
Our major research focuses on understanding the molecular epidemiology and clinical consequences of transmission of multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) in the healthcare environment and interventions to interrupt transmission. We are…
6/17/2025
Children and infants in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) often deteriorate suddenly due to sub-acute potentially catastrophic illness. Standard around-the-clock bedside monitoring of physiologic parameters, which might give clues…
6/17/2025
Our lab studies the structure and function of several membrane proteins of clinical importance in their natural membrane environment. We are also interested in the roles that membrane lipids play…
6/17/2025
Papillomaviruses cause the most common lethal malignancy in women world-wide: cervical cancer. Our laboratory studies the actions of the papillomavirus E6 oncoprotein. By identifying host proteins that associate with E6,…
6/17/2025
Dr. Cirle Warren is interested in developing novel strategies in preventing and treating enteric infections, especially Clostridioides difficile infection. Her laboratory focuses on non-antimicrobial, host- and microbiota-targeted interventions to modulate…
