Faculty

All trainers are productive scientists with NIH or equivalent funding and considerable graduate training experience. Most are tenured. We feel that it is vital to include junior faculty within the Training Program, since faculty development is critical for the long-term vitality of the program. We have selected junior faculty with outstanding potential for training based on their funding and training success. Still, each junior faculty, non-tenured trainer will have a senior trainer assigned to mentor them in training. The trainer pool may evolve, with new trainers entering after application and review by the Steering Committee or current trainers leaving after annual review by the Steering Committee. Criteria for designation of trainer status, including new faculty applicants and for continuation of trainer status for existing trainers, are:

1. Research focus in the role of microbes in health and disease.
2. Commitment to training as shown by the record of past and current students and postdoctoral fellows.
3. Ability to provide adequate resources and training environment as indicated by review of an NIH biosketch and research funding support
4. Evidence of and/or commitment to participation in Training Program activities such as course teaching, Steering Committee service, co-mentoring on trainee thesis committees, attendance at MPHRG/Symbiosis events, Seminar series, etc.

Below is a list of current program faculty divided by topic area.

Bacteria

• Helen Blackwell, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Joseph Dillard, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Katrina Forest, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Bacteriology
• Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Bacteriology
• Jo Handelsman, Ph.D.
  Professor and Chair of Bacteriology and Plant Pathology
• Ned Ruby, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Michael Thomas, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Bacteriology
• Rodney Welch, Ph.D.
  Professor and Chair of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
  Group leader

Fungi

• David Andes, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Cameron Currie, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Bacteriology
• Christina Hull, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Nancy Keller, Ph.D.
  Professor of Plant Pathology
• Bruce Klein, MD
  Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, & Medical Microbiology and Immunology
  Group leader

Parasites

• James Bangs, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
  Group leader
• Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Bacteriology
• Laura Knoll, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Matyas Sandor, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Donna Paulnock, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Viruses

• Curtis Brandt, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Ophthalmology
• Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pathobiological Sciences
• Shannon Kenney, MD
  Professor of Medicine, Oncology, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
  Group leader
• Robert Striker, MD, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• David Watkins, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pathology

Symbiosis

• Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Bacteriology,
  Group leader
• Cameron Currie, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Bacteriology
• Jo Handelsman, Ph.D.
  Professor of Bacteriology and Plant Pathology
• Margaret McFall-Ngai, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Ned Ruby, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Host Response

• Jenny Gumperz, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Anna Huttenlocher, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
  Group leader
• Shannon Kenney, MD
  Professor of Medicine, Oncology, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Bruce Klein, MD
  Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, & Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Matyas Sandor, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Margaret McFall-Ngai, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Donna Paulnock, Ph.D.
  Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• M. Suresh, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Pathobiological Sciences
• David Watkins, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pathology

Translational Research

• David Andes, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
  Group leader
• James Gern, MD
  Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
• Anna Huttenlocher, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Shannon Kenney, MD
  Professor of Medicine, Oncology, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Bruce Klein, MD
  Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Robert Striker, MD, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• David Watkins, Ph.D.
  Professor of Pathology