Animal Models of Infectious Diseases Training Program (AMID T32)

Leadership

Program Director:
Stephen J. McSorley, PhD
Professor, Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
sjmcsorley@ucdavis.edu

Program Co-Director:
Renee Tsolis, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
rmsolis@ucdavis.edu

Mentors/Trainers

The AMID Program trainers are a diverse group of 25 faculty drawn from 12 departments in 4 schools and colleges. Trainers are selected according to three primary eligibility criteria: (i) a commitment to study human infectious disease with creative use of animal models, (ii) active federal research grant support, and (iii) membership in a graduate group and commitment to mentor predoctoral students. Current faculty and their research interests are listed below; new faculty are admitted after approval by the Executive Committee.

Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D., Salmonella, immunity, and the gut microbiota
Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Ph.D, Animal Behavior and Systems Neuroscience
Joanna Chiu, Ph.D, Molecular Genetics of Animal Behavior and Physiology
Lark Coffey, Ph.D., Evolution and ecology of arboviruses
Satya Dandekar, Ph.D., Mucosal immunology of HIV and SIV
Scott Dawson, Ph.D., Structure and function of attachment in Giardia
Jonathan Eisen, Ph.D., Evolution & ecology host-microbe interactions
Melanie Gareau, Ph.D., Microbiota-gut-brain axisand enteric function
Angie Gelli, Ph.D., Pathogenesis of human fungal pathogens
Dennis Hartigan-O’Connor, M.D., Ph.D., T cell activation during HIV and SIV infection
Smita Iyer, Ph.D., Immunological and molecular mechanism of CD4 T cell
Marcelo Kuroda, M.D.,Ph.D., Role of macrophages in chronic infection
Kent Leach, Ph.D., Stem cells, tissue repair, and regeneration
Jamal Lewis, Ph.D., Biomaterial, drug delivery, immunoengineering
Stephen McSorley, Ph.D., T cell response to Salmonella and Chlamydia
Lisa Miller, PhD., Developmental Immunology, respiratory toxicology and immunotoxicology
David Mills, Ph.D., Molecular biology of Gram-positive microorganisms
Bill Murphy, Ph.D., Host defense against CMV and influenza
Bennett Penn, M.D., Ph.D., Infectious diseases, mycobacterial diseases
Kent Pinkerton, Ph.D., Tobacco smoke and susceptibility to infection
Katy Ralston, Ph.D., Pathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica
Colin Reardon, Ph.D., Nervous system and neurotransmitters in modulation of immune system
Stefan Rothenburg, M.D., Ph.D., Virology, Innate Immunity, Host-Virus Interactions, Host-Virus Evolution
Jeroen Saeij, Ph.D., Virulence in Toxoplasma gondii
Barbara Shacklett, Ph.D., Immune response to HIV
Priya Shah, Ph.D., Systems Biology, Virus-Host Networks such as flaviviruses
Scott Simon, Ph.D., Biophysics of leukocyte recruitment
Renee Tsolis, Ph.D., Pathogenesis of Salmonella and Brucella
Yu-Jui Wan, Ph.D., Gut microbiota in contributing to and preventing obesity and metabolism