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Emerging infectious diseases can be defined as infectious diseases that have newly appeared in a population or have previously existed but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range. Biodefense pathogens are those that pose a risk to national security and\/or public health, as defined by the\u00a0National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID’s) list of category A, B, or C priority pathogens<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Research related to these urgent health threats encompasses a broad spectrum of themes, including investigations of pathogenicity and host responses, vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostic technologies.<\/p>\n

The following interdisciplinary faculty conduct research and instruct fellows in this area:<\/h6>\n

\n\"Herve<\/a>\n

Agaisse, Herve<\/a><\/h2>\n

Genetic approaches, cellular and molecular biology of intracellular pathogen infection<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Alison<\/a>\n

Criss, Alison K.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neisserial pathogenesis<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Daniel<\/a>\n

Engel, Daniel A.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Drug Discovery and Molecular Biology of Pathogenic RNA viruses: Ebola, SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and Zika<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Eric<\/a>\n

Houpt, Eric R.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Molecular diagnostics, Tuberculosis, Global Health<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Molly<\/a>\n

Hughes, Molly A.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Biodefense and emerging pathogens<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Melissa<\/a>\n

Kendall, Melissa M.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bacterial cell signaling, host-pathogen interactions, intestinal pathogens<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"No<\/a>\n

Kosek, Margaret N.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Infectious Diseases<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Chelsea<\/a>\n

Marie, Chelsea<\/a><\/h2>\n

Human intestinal parasitology<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"William<\/a>\n

Petri, William A<\/a><\/h2>\n

Immune mechanisms of defense against COVID-19 and enteric (diarrheal) infections<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"James<\/a>\n

Platts-Mills, James A<\/a><\/h2>\n

Enteric diseases, molecular diagnostics and infectious disease epidemiology.<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Girija<\/a>\n

Ramakrishnan, Girija<\/a><\/h2>\n

Microbial Pathogenesis<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Lukas<\/a>\n

Tamm, Lukas K.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Biomembrane Structure and Function; Cell Entry of Enveloped Viruses; Neurosecretion by Exocytosis; Structure of Bacterial Pathogen Membrane Proteins; Lipid-Protein Interactions<\/p>\n<\/div>

\n\"Mami<\/a>\n

Taniuchi, Mami<\/a><\/h2>\n

Molecular diagnostics; Polio eradication; tracking immunity and virus shedding after oral polio vaccination in resource-challenged countries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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