Full Faculty
Jay Nelson, Ph.D.
Director
Research interests: CMV, WNV, and HIV virology and pathobiology

Louis Picker, M.D.
Associate Director;
Research interests: Human and primate T cell biology, immunologic memory, and vaccine development

Klaus Früh, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Research interests: HHV8 virology and pathobiology, functional genomics

Ashlee Moses, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist
Research interests: HHV8 virology and pathobiology

Janko Nikolich-Zugich, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Research interests: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) development, selection, recognition and function; CTLvaccination and response to pathogens in the young and the elderly.

Mark Slifka, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist
Research interests: T cell and B cell-mediated immunity against microbial infections

Scott W. Wong, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist
Research interests: Viral pathogenesis and therapeutic development

Affiliate Faculty
Michael Axthelm, DVM, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Research interests:

Victor DeFilippis Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: Viral activation and evasion of innate immune
responses

Christina Harrington, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: Microarray technology and functional genomics, gene regulation in the nervous system.

Michael Jarvis, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: CMV pathogenesis, tropism, and glycoprotein trafficking

David Lewinsohn, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: MTB immunology and vaccine development

Deborah Lewinsohn, M.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: HIV/CMV immunity and vaccine development

Ilhem Messaoudi Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: Impact of aging on human and primate T cell biology
and vaccine efficacy

Haesun Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests:

Robert Searles, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: Microarray technology and functional genomics.
Bioinformatics and computational biology.

Dan Streblow, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Research interests: CMV pathogenesis and transplantation