Graduate Education in Medical Sciences at University of Chicago





GEMS Research Topics : Virology

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Caffrey, Michael

Ph.D., University of Arizona
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
caffrey@uic.edu   312-996-4959

Research Interests
Virology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research Description

Determinants of viral and toxin entry

 

Chan, Lawrence

M.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor, Dermatology, Microbiology and Immunology
larrycha@uic.edu   312-996-1316

Research Interests
Virology, Immunology,

Research Description

Molecular Mechanism of Chronic Skin Inflammation, Atopic Dermatitis.

 

Chen, Zheng

M.D., Ph.D., Peking Union Medical College
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
zchen@uic.edu   312-355-0531

Research Interests
Immunology, Host-Pathogen Biology, Virology

Research Description

Fundamental immunology of antigen- specific gamma delta T cells; gamma delta T cell-based immunotherapeutics; MHC class I-restricted CD8+ CTL responses in TB and AIDS; Vaccine development for TB and AIDS; Immunopathogenesis in AIDS virus- mycobacterial coinfection; T cell- targeted biodefense.

 

Cook, James

MD, Baylor University
Professor, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
jlcook@uic.edu   312-996-6732

Research Interests
Virology, Host-Pathogen Biology, Microbiology

Research Description

Viral gene control of cellular response to injury. (Cellular immune response to viral infection)

Immunopathogenesis and drug discovery for Anthrax

 

He, Bin

PhD, Purdue University
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
tshuo@uic.edu   312-996-2391

Research Interests
Virology, Host-Pathogen Biology, Signal Transduction and Cell Signalling

Research Description

Biology and pathogenesis of virus infection; virus-host interactions; virus strategies to escape host response

 

Lipton, Howard

M.D., University of Nebraska
Professor, Neurology and Microbiology & Immunology
hlipton@uic.edu   312-996-5754

Research Interests
Virology, Host-Pathogen Biology, Neuroscience

Research Description

Mechanisms of viral persistence and immunopathogenesis of the picornavirus, Theiler's virus, in the central nervous system of mice

 

McLachlan, Alan

Ph.D., University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Professor, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
mclach@uic.edu   312-355-0211

Research Interests
Virology, Gene Regulation, Host-Pathogen Biology

Research Description

Regulation of hepatitis B virus transcription and replication

 

Rong, Lijun

Ph.D., Purdue University
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
lijun@uic.edu   312-355-0203

Research Interests
Virology, Cell Biology and Signalling, Biochemistry

Research Description

Entry mechanisms of emerging viruses such as Ebola and SARS

 

Shukla, Deepak

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Microbiology & Immunology
dshukla@uic.edu   312-355-0908

Research Interests
Virology, Host-Pathogen Biology, Vision science

Research Description

Molecular basis for viral entry; mouse model for ocular herpes

 

Uprichard, Susan

PhD, Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology
sluprich@uic.edu   312-355-5120

Research Interests
Virology, ,

Research Description