Primary Faculty
![Herve Agaisse](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/03/hfa5y-100x132.jpeg)
Agaisse, Hervé
Genetic approaches, cellular and molecular biology of intracellular pathogen infection
![Daniel Engel](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/09/dae2s.jpeg)
Engel, Daniel A.
Drug Discovery and Molecular Biology of Pathogenic RNA viruses: Ebola, SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and Zika
![Victor Engelhard](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/vhe-100x150.jpeg)
Engelhard, Victor H.
Identification of MHC-restricted tumor antigens / Control of T cell homing to tumors / Tertiary lymphoid structures and intratumoral immunity
![Sarah Ewald](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/09/se2s.jpeg)
Ewald, Sarah
Innate immunity, chronic disease, host-parasite interactions, Toxoplasma gondii, proteomics
![Marie-Louise Hammarskjold](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/mh7g-100x150.jpeg)
Hammarskjöld, Marie-Louise
Post Transcriptional Gene Regulation and the Molecular Biology of Human Retroviruses
![David Rekosh](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/dr4u.jpeg)
Rekosh, David M.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Gene Expression; Human Endogenous Viruses; SARS-CoV-2 Protein Trafficking; Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation
![Melanie Rutkowski](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/mr2ee-100x100.jpeg)
Rutkowski, Melanie
Influence of commensal microbes on immune homeostasis, anti-tumor immunity, and metastasis
![Brady Spencer](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/yws5hb-100x66.jpeg)
Spencer, Brady
Gram-positive pathogenesis; type VII secretion; impact of secreted effectors on host-pathogen interactions and immune responses
![Uday Tak](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/qfx4hy-100x100.jpeg)
Tak, Uday
Prokaryotic immune systems, bacteriophage virology, programmed cell death, pore-forming proteins, evolution of immunity, protein engineering
![Qiwei Wang](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/ggt2dj-100x99.jpeg)
Wang, Qiwei
Cancer biology and immunology, Immuno-oncology, Immunometabolism, Genetically-engineered mouse models
![Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz](https://med.virginia.edu/mic/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/kfh4kn-100x71.jpeg)
Zegarra-Ruiz, Daniel Fernando
Unraveling the role of host microbe interactions in autoimmune diseases