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The training program currently has twenty-four trainers and one affiliate drawn from nine departments in three colleges of the UW. All trainers are productive scientists with NIH R01 or equivalent funding and extensive graduate training experience. Below is a list of current program faculty sorted by research area:
Bacteria
Charles Czuprynski, Ph.D.
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Immunoregulation of antibacterial resistance; phagocyte biology; cytokines; listeriosis; pasteurellosis; Johne's disease; inflammatory bowel disease. |
4174 Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-5662
czuprync@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Joseph Dillard, Ph.D.
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The molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. |
471A Medical Sciences
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2837
jpdillard@wisc.edu
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Katrina Forest, Ph.D.
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Molecular structure and function of proteins which enable some bacteria to be pathogens, in particular, using x-ray crystallography to study the Type IV pilins. |
230C Biochemistry Building
420 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-3566
forest@bact.wisc.edu
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Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Ph.D.
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Molecular mechanisms of Xenorhabdus nematophilus mutualism with nematodes and pathogenesis toward insects. |
387 Biochemistry Building
420 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-4537
hgblair@bact.wisc.edu
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Margaret McFall-Ngai, Ph.D.
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Symbiotic associations between animals and prokaryotes, signaling between partners during establishment and maintenance of a symbiosis, the influence of bacteria on animal development, and the evolution of animal-bacterial interactions. |
4385A Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2393
mjmcfallngai@wisc.edu
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Matyas Sandor, Ph.D.
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The role of T cells in granulomatous immune responses induced by various infectious agents including Schistosoma mansoni, Leishmania donovani and Mycobacterium bovis. |
5468 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-8715
msandor@wisc.edu
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Gary Splitter, DVM, Ph.D.
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Host-pathogen interactions to better understand host defense and pathogen evasion mechanisms that define a disease process. |
203 AHABS Building
1656 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-3177
splitter@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Rodney Welch, Ph.D.
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Bacterial pathogenesis; molecular genetics; protein secretion; and structure/function of bacterial toxins. |
483A Medical Sciences
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 263-2700
rawelch@wisc.edu
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Susan West, Ph.D.
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Molecular pathogenesis of medical and veterinary pathogens. Specifically, identifying the environmental signals which stimulate virulence factor expression and the molecular mechanisms which control virulence factor expression. |
3160 Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-7884
wests@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Fungi
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Charles Czuprynski, Ph.D.
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Immunoregulation of antibacterial resistance; phagocyte biology; cytokines; listeriosis; pasteurellosis; Johne's disease; inflammatory bowel disease. |
4174 Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-5662
czuprync@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Nancy Keller, Ph.D.
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The molecular genetic processes controlling expression of ST/AF biosynthesis and host metabolites which effect fungal growth and ST/AF biosynthesis. |
882 Russell Laboratories
1630 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-9795
npk@plantpath.wisc.edu
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Bruce Klein, M.D.
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Cellular and molecular basis of immunity to medical fungi; genetics of virulence; molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis. |
K4-BX4108 Clinical Science Center
Room K4-434
600 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53792
(608) 263-6203
bsklein@wisc.edu
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Jon Woods, M.D., Ph.D.
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The basic biology and pathogenetic mechanisms of the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. |
420A Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, Wi 53706-1532
(608) 265-6292
jpwoods@wisc.edu
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Parasites
James Bangs, Ph.D.
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Basic cellular, biochemical, and molecular biology of African trypanosomes using Trypanosoma brucei as a model organism. |
457A Bardeen Medical Labs
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-3110
jdbangs@wisc.edu
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Bruce Christensen, Ph.D.
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying susceptibility of mosquitoes to infection by filarial worms and Plasmodium. |
Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
1656 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1581
(608) 262-3177
christensen@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Ph.D.
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Molecular mechanisms of Xenorhabdus nematophilus mutualism with nematodes and pathogenesis toward insects. |
387 Biochemistry Building
420 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-4537
hgblair@bact.wisc.edu
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Laura Knoll, Ph.D.
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The host/pathogen interactions of the intracelluar parasite Toxoplasma gondii. |
495 Medical Sciences
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-3161
ljknoll@wisc.edu
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John Mansfield, Ph.D.
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Cellular and molecular immunology, immunogenetics of resistance to infectious disease, and molecular genetics of virulence. |
206 Food Research Institute
1925 Willow Dr.
Madison WI 53706
(608) 262-2596
jmm@bact.wisc.edu
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Donna Paulnock, Ph.D.
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Cellular and molecular analysis of macrophage activation; role of macrophages in infectious diseases and cancer. |
451 Bardeen Medical Lab
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 263-5857
paulnock@wisc.edu
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Matyas Sandor, Ph.D.
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The role of T cells in granulomatous immune responses induced by various infectious agents including Schistosoma mansoni, Leishmania donovani and Mycobacterium bovis. |
5468 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-8715
msandor@wisc.edu
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William Weidanz, Ph.D.
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The roles of T cells, T cell subsets, antigen reactive T cell lines and clones in immunity to malaria; characterization of responding T cell populations; identification of parasite inhibitory cells and molecules. |
2340A Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-9027
wweidanz@wisc.edu
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Viruses
Curtis Brandt, Ph.D.
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Pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus; virulence genes in herpetic eye disease and herpes encephalitis; antivirals; interactions between cytokines and herpes viruses, and gene delivery, gene therapy. |
6630 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-8054
crbrandt@wisc.edu
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Mirek Malkovsky, M.D.,
Ph.D., F.R.C.Path.
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Pathogenesis and treatment of HIV-induced disorders, gene therapy and immunotherapy of malignant tumors, heat shock proteins, gamma/delta T lymphocytes, immunoregulation. |
445A Bardeen Medical Labs
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 263-6316
mmalkovs@wisc.edu
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Suresh Marulasiddappa,
DVM, Ph.D.
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Viruses – The principal focus of our research is to understand the cellular and molecular basis of T cell memory. We are interested in elucidating mechanisms underlying the apoptosis of virus-specific effector T cells and survival of memory T cells following an acute infection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). |
3172 Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9791
sureshm@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Ph.D.
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Basic cellular, biochemical, and molecular biology of human influenza virus and astrovirus pathogenesis. |
417 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison WI 53706-1532
(608) 265-6462
slschul2@wisc.edu
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Gary Splitter, DVM, Ph.D.
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Host-pathogen interactions to better understand host defense and pathogen evasion mechanisms that define a disease process. |
203 AHABS Building
1656 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-3177
splitter@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Robert Striker, M.D., Ph.D.
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Viruses – The molecular details of Hepatitis C Virus's susceptiblity to evolutionary pressure and the mechanism and applicability to other RNA viruses of novel inhibitors of viral polymerases. |
4638 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-4725
rtstriker@wisc.edu
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David Watkins, Ph.D.
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The MHC of the rhesus macaque and use this information to understand cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. |
515 Service Memorial Institute
470 N. Charter St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-3380
watkins@primate.wisc.edu
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