Clinical and Research Faculty
ID Clinical and Research Faculty
Faculty members with diverse clinical and research backgrounds contribute to the UVA Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health.
Choose a faculty member to view his or her research profile. Links go to the UVA School of Medicine Research Faculty Directory; use back button to return to the ID division website.
The Division’s distinguished emeritus faculty members are listed at the bottom of this page.
Abhyankar, Mayuresh M
Amebiasis vaccine development; biomarkers of Clostridium difficile disease severity
Burgess, Stacey L.
Understanding how exposures in the intestine can influence the broader immune system.
Dillingham, Rebecca Anne
Mobile technologies to improve adherence to HIV medications in rural populations.
Eby, Joshua C.
Pathogenesis of Bordetella pertussis infection. Interaction of bacterial protein toxins with host target cells. Clinical diagnostics for adult and pediatric pertussis.
Guerrant, Richard L.
Recognition, diagnosis, pathogenesis, impact, treatment and prevention of enteric infections; global health and tropical infectious diseases
Hall, Heather Cox
Antimicrobial stewardship; therapy and outcomes related to infection with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
Heysell, Scott Kirkland
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB); pharmacokinetics; clinical application of diagnostics for TB; clinical trials to optimize TB treatment; chronic illness/ TB integration
Mathers, Amy J.
Molecular epidemiology of multidrug resistant gram negative bacilli, laboratory detection of gram negative antibiotic resistance, prevention of acquisition of resistant bacterial pathogens and treatment of multi-drug resistant gram negative bacteria.
McDermid, Joann M.
Nutrition and major global infectious diseases; HIV/AIDS; tuberculosis and other respiratory infections; Cryptosporidium and enteric infections
Moonah, Shannon N.
Host-pathogen interactions; molecular parasitology; mucosal inflammation; immunopathology and repair. Our research interests evolved from studying a parasite that causes inflammation of the gut, similar to IBD.
Moore, Christopher C.
Sepsis pathophysiology with particular interest in the role of the innate immune system; sepsis pathophysiology, management, and outcomes of HIV infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ramakrishnan, Girija
Iron-uptake mechanisms and Virulence Factors of Francisella tularensis; Microbial Pathogenesis
Shin, Jae Hyun
Clostridium difficile infection, infection in aged host, microbiome-immune response interactions, innate immune response
Sifri, Costi D.
Hospital epidemiology, immunocompromised infectious diseases, molecular pathogenesis and epidemiology, innate immunity
Taniuchi, Mami
Molecular diagnostics; Polio eradication; tracking immunity and virus shedding after oral polio vaccination in resource-challenged countries.
Emeritus faculty:
Gwaltney, Jack M.
Pathogenesis and treatment of viral upper respiratory infections
Hayden, Frederick G.
Antiviral agents for the prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections
Hewlett, Erik L.
Structure and Function of Bacterial Toxins: Roles in Microbial Pathogenesis and Uses in Biomedical Research
Mandell, Gerald L.
Biology of phagocytic cells with emphasis on neutrophils and microbial interactions.
Scheld, W. Michael
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, sepsis/septic shock, adenosine receptors, inflammation, innate immunity, anthrax, vaccines