Faculty
MM&I Faculty
The faculty conducts research in four, distinct topical areas as noted below.
Human and Animal Virology
Jae U. Jung, Ph. D.
Professor and Chair
Research Description: Viral mechanisms for escape from host immunity; viral-induced cancers; programmed cell death
Paula Cannon, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Research Description: Novel anti-HIV therapies and molecular analysis of hemorrhagic fever viruses
Pinghui Feng, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Research Description:
Shou-Jiang Gao, Ph. D.
Professor
Research Description:
Michael Lai, M. D., Ph. D.
Professor Emeritus
Research Description: Molecular virology of hepatitis viruses; viral oncogenesis
Chengyu Liang, M. D., Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Research Description: Autophagic mechanisms in infectious viral disease and cancer
Keigo Machida, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Research Description: Molecular virology of hepatitis C virus infection; molecular oncogenesis
James J.-H. Ou, Ph. D.
Professor
Research Description: Molecular virology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses
Bacterial Genetics, Physiology and Structure
R. William DePaolo, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor Research Description: Host-bacterial pathogen interactions; innate and acquired immunity of the gastrointestinal tract
Jie Li, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Instruction Description: Medical Microbiology and host responses to human infections; course development
Cellular Mechanisms and Disease
Lucio Comai, Ph. D.
Professor
Research Description: Molecular mechanisms of genetic aging diseases
Joseph R. Landolph, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Research Description: Molecular mechanisms of chemical and environmental carcinogens
Axel H. Schonthal, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Research Description: Molecular basis for cancer and anticancer drug development
Stanley M. Tahara, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Research Description: Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression
Ebrahim Zandi, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Research Description: Signal transduction; proteomics and cancer cell biology
Hyeongnam (Joseph) Jeong, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Research Description: Signal transduction in prostate cancer
Molecular and Cellular Immunology
Omid Akbari, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Research Description: Adaptive and innate immunity as related to allergic disease and asthma.
Si-Yi Chen, Ph. D.
Professor
Research Description: Regulation of innate and adaptive immunity; development of novel immune and gene therapies for cancer and HIV
Xue Huang, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Research Description:Cancer immunotherapy
W. Martin Kast, Ph. D.
Professor
Research Description: Immunotherapy development for human cancers; tumorigenic viruses
Minnie McMillan, D. Sc.
Professor
Research Description: Analysis of major histocompatibility complex in immune disorders and infectious disease.
Weiming Yuan, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Research Description: Role of innate immunity and immune effector cells in herpes virus infection