Master of Science in Immunology Faculty - Drexel University College of Medicine

Carol Artlett, PhD

Associate Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Inflammasome signaling; IL-1 mediated fibrosis; collagen export from the endoplasmic reticulum; miR-155; small molecule therapeutic development

Mary Ann Comunale, EdD, MS

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Scientific Communications and Outreach
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Scientific: Proteomic and glycoproteomic analysis to identify early markers of disease, analytical and clinical assay development.
Educational: Innovative learning technologies including gamification and game based learning.

Will Dampier, PhD

Associate Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Exploring patterns of HIV genetic variation, its influences on disease progression and impacts on excision therapy

Joshua Earl, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Statistical comparative analysis of whole bacterial genomes, including gene content/variation and homologous gene transfer, specifically in Moraxella catarrhalis and other naso-pharyngeal pathogens; comparative ecological analysis of human microbial communities and their role in pathogenesis; statistical computing using parallel environments and application development.

Pooja Jain, PhD, MS

Professor; Co-Director, Master of Science in Immunology Program
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Retrovirus-associated cancer and neuroinflammation, myeloid/dendritic cell-based immunotherapy, extracellular vesicles

Stephen Jennings, PhD

Professor; Co-Director, Master of Science in Immunology Program
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Optimal protection from HSV-1 infection provided by interactions between innate and acquired immune responses.

Suresh Joshi, MD, PhD, MSc

Faculty
Research Interests: Bacterial pathogenesis and biofilms; wound infection and healing

Fred Krebs, PhD

Associate Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Plasma medicine (biomedical applications of non-thermal plasma), with an emphasis on developing preventative and immunotherapeutic approaches to combat human viral pathogens.

Michele Kutzler, PhD

Associate Dean for Faculty; Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
Department: Medicine: Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Translational research in the area of vaccinology, immunology and infectious disease

Michael Mather, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Physiology of malaria parasites, especially mitochondrial functions and energy metabolism

Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Innate immunity, toll-like receptors, neuroimmunology, neuroinflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, blood brain barrier, microglia, astrocytes, neurons, macrophages, viral encephlalitis, demyelination, molecular pathogenesis of neurotropic RNA viruses, cellular senesce, microRNAs, animal models, therapeutic targets

Michael Nonnemacher, PhD

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: HIV-1 genetic variation in disease progression; role of viral accessory proteins in pathogenesis; gene-editing strategies for HIV cure research; HIV/HBV coinfection in cancer; impact of HIV-1 and drugs of abuse on the CNS

Pamela Norton, PhD

Associate Professor
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests: Characterization of glycoproteomic biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma, induction of novel immune responses by agents that alter N-glycan processing