Faculty
Our faculty includes over 30 doctoral-level scientists involved in research, education and research support. The major research areas are infectious diseases and Regenerative Medicine. In the last year the TNPRC supported research by over 280 scientists from 32 states and 13 countries. For more information on recent Faculty Publications and Faculty Presentations please follow these links.
Division of Bacteriology & Parasitology
Division email: TNPRC-BactPar@tulane.edu
Division Chair: Mario T. Philipp, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
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Faculty |
Appointment |
Primary Academic Home |
Interests |
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Embers, Monica E. PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
Lyme disease, primate Moraxella, Brucellosis |
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Kaushal, Deepak PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
TB/AIDS co-infections; transcriptomics, systems biology, microRNAs, biodefense |
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Philipp, Mario T. PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
Lyme disease, Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Division of Comparative Pathology
Division email: TNPRC-ComPath@tulane.edu
Division Chair: Ronald S. Veazey, DVM, PhD, Professor of Pathology
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Faculty |
Appointment |
Primary Academic Home |
Interests |
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Associate Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
AIDS neuropathogenesis, immunology |
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Assistant Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
faculty mentoring programs, student programs |
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Associate Professor
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Medicine, |
infectious diseases, HIV pathogenesis, immunology |
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Associate Professor |
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infectious and neoplastic diseases, comparative respiratory pathobiology |
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Professor |
tuberculosis, West Nile Virus, microsporidiosis |
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Associate Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
HIV/SIV reservoir, HIV/SIV drug therapy and vaccine, immune correlates of protection |
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Associate Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
AIDS neuropathogenesis, blood-brain barrier |
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Associate Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
AIDS pathogenesis/ Enteropathy, Epigenetics, Gastrointestinal Diseases, microRNAs |
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Associate Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
AIDS immunology, infectious diseases |
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Professor |
AIDS pathogenesis, mucosal immunology |
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Assistant Professor |
mucosal immunology, pathogenesis of pediatric AIDS |
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TNPRC Core Scientist |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
UMMC |
AIDS pathogenesis and Immunity; Immune reconstitution and vaccine; Innate immunity Neuroscience of drug abuse and aging |
Division email: mailto:TNPRC-Immun@tulane.edu
Division Chair: Marcelo J. Kuroda MD, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
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Faculty |
Appointment |
Primary Academic Home |
Interests |
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Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
AIDS pathogenesis, Innate immunity, Host-pathogen interaction, Cellular immunity, Herpesvirus infections |
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Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
AIDS, TB, and Aging Immunology. |
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Assistant Professor |
Microbiology & Immunology, |
Microbial Pathogenesis and Inflammation, Mucosal immunity, T cell biology |
Division email: TNPRC-Micro@tulane.edu
Interim Division Chair: Panganiban, Antonito, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
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Faculty |
Appointment |
Primary Academic Home |
Interests |
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Professor |
microsporidiosis, emerging infection, immunology, aging |
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Assistant Professor |
HIV/SIV virology and immunology, next geneneration sequencing, correlates of viral control |
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Professor |
Tropical Medicine, |
AIDS pathogenesis and vaccine development, immunology, origins of HIV |
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Assistant Professor |
Tuberculosis |
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Professor |
RNA virus replication and pathogenesis, emerging viruses |
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Professor |
infectious disease aerobiology, bioaerosols, primate models of disease, aerosol science |
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Associate Professor |
Viral Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Primate Models of Disease |
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TNPRC Core Scientist |
Core Scientist |
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Diseases of the Intestinal Tract, Mucosal Vaccines |
Division of Regenerative Medicine
Division email: TNPRC-Rege@tulane.edu
Division Chair: Bruce A. Bunnell, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology
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Faculty |
Appointment |
Primary Academic Home |
Interests |
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Bunnell, Bruce A. PhD |
Professor |
Regenerative Medicine, stem cell biology, Krabbe's disease |
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Braun, Stephen E. PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Regenerative Medicine for AIDS, hematopoietic stem cells, vector immunology, lysosomal storage diseases |
Division of Veterinary Medicine
Division email: mailto:TNPRC-VetMed@tulane.edu
Division Chair: Rudolf P. Bohm, Jr., DVM, Associate Director for Veterinary Resources, Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Faculty |
Appointment |
Primary Academic Home |
Interests |
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Aye, Pyone Pyone DVM, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Medicine, |
infectious diseases, HIV pathogenesis, immunology |
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Baker, Kate PhD |
Research Professor |
psychological wellbeing, nonhuman primate behavior |
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Blanchard, James L. DVM, PhD |
Professor |
Medicine, |
SIV/AIDS, veterinary medicine |
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Bohm Jr., Rudolf P. DVM |
Professor |
Medicine, |
surgical model development, veterinary medicine |
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Doyle-Meyers, Lara A. DVM |
Associate Professor |
Medicine, |
veterinary medicine |
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Dufour, Jason DVM |
Associate Professor |
Medicine, |
veterinary medicine |
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Gilbert, Margaret H. DVM |
Associate Professor |
Medicine, |
veterinary medicine, nonhuman primate social behavior |
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Grasperge, Brooke F. DVM |
Associate Professor |
Medicine, |
veterinary medicine |
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Kubisch, Michael PhD |
Associate Professor |
assisted reproductive technologies, genetics, population genetics |
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Ratterree, Marion DVM |
Assistant Professor |
Medicine, |
assisted reproductive technologies, AIDS |
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Russell-Lodrigue, Kasi E. DVM, PhD TNPRC Core Scientist |
Associate Professor
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Medicine, |
veterinary medicine, infectious disease model development
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Faculty Editorial Responsibilities
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Faculty |
Journal |
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Blanchard, James L. DVM, PhD |
Member-Editorial Board |
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Bohm Jr., Rudolf P. DVM |
Member-Editorial Board |
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Bunnell, Bruce A. PhD |
The Open Stem Cell Journal Stem Cells International |
Member-Editorial Board Editor Member-Editorial Board Member-Editorial Board Member-Editorial Board Member-Editorial Board |
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Didier, Elizabeth S. PhD |
Member-Editorial Board |
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Didier, Peter DVM, PhD |
Member-Editorial Board |
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Kaushal, Deepak PhD |
Academic Editor Editor-in-Chief Editor |
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Kubisch, Michael PhD |
Associate Editor |
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Ling, Binhua MD, PhD |
Chinese Journal of Viral Diseases |
Foreign Member-Editorial Board |
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Marx, Preston A. PhD |
Editor-in-Chief |
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Pahar, Bapi DVM, PhD |
Journal of Applied Research in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics |
Member-Editorial Board |
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Philipp, Mario T. PhD |
Frontiers in Microbial Immunology Infection and Immunity Journal of Medical Primatology |
Associate Editor Member-Editorial Board Member-Editorial Board Foreign Member-Editorial Board Foreign Member-Editorial Board |
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Roy, Chad PhD |
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Journal of Medical Primatology |
Associate Editor Member-Editorial Board |
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Veazey, Ronald S. DVM, PhD |
Member-Editorial Board Member-Editorial Board |
The TNPRC is a division of Tulane University (985) 871-6201 tnprc@tulane.edu