Nataki C. Douglas, MD, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
Associate Professor and Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
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David Dubnau, PhD – Public Health Research Institute
Professor
Many bacteria take up environmental DNA in a process known as genetic transformation, which enables the cells to incorporate fitness-enhancing genes and mediates the spread of antibiotic resistance and virulence
Jerrold J. Ellner, PhD – Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine; Public Health Research Institute
Professor
Dr. Ellner is Professor of Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. His research interest is the natural history and immunopathogenesis of TB and related host biomarkers. He has been
Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor and Provost - Rutgers Health Newark
Dr. Fitzgerald-Bocarsly received her undergraduate degree from UCLA, her PhD from Boston University and her post-doctoral training at the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. She is Vice Chair for
Joel Freundlich, PhD – Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience; Center for Emerging Pathogens
Professor
The Freundlich group is located at Rutgers University in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience and the Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Emerging & Re-emerging
Nan Gao, PhD – Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, Rutgers Health New Jersey Medical School
Professor
Current research in my laboratory is to understand how human commensal and pathogenic microbes communicate with intestinal mucosal cells, how environmental stressors alter such microbe-host interactions, and how altered microbe-host
Marila Laura Gennaro, MD, MSc – Public Health Research Institute
Professor
Our laboratory studies mechanisms of adaptation expressed by the bacterium and by the host macrophage during infection, with the goal of finding targets for therapeutic intervention. We also develop tools
Jessica C. Hargarten, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Professor
Immune protection and disease during host-fungal interactions The overarching theme of my research is to better understand why humans develop fungal infections. Through studying the molecular responses by fungi and
Chun-Chieh (Jack) Hsu, PhD – Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity; Department of Medicine
Associate Professor
Dr. Jack Chun-Chieh Hsu received his Ph.D. from the Department of Biochemistry at Duke University. His research focused on elucidating the complex life of RNA in RNA localization and translational
Huijuan Hu, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition and represents a clinical challenge for the practicing physician. The long-term goal of my research is to understand the mechanisms underlying the development of