INFECTIOUS DISEASES FACULTY

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CORE FACULTY

		HARRY W. DICKERSON, BVSC, PHD Professor Molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis immunoparasitology and fish vaccinology		Office: 226 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5734 Email: hwd@uga.edu
		MARK ESTES, PHD Professor		Office: Vet Med Phone: Email:
		DONALD L. EVANS, PHD Professor Molecular Immunology; signal transduction; mechanisms of cellular innate immunity		Office: 291 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5796 Email: dlevans@uga.edu
		DONALD HARN, PHD Professor and GRA Distinguished Investigator Identification of cell receptors and signaling pathways that drive anti-inflammatory activation of antigen presenting cells; development of vaccines and therapeutics for HIV-1 and schistosomiasis		Office: 303A Vet Med Phone: 706-542-4569 Email: dharn@uga.edu
		BIAO HE, PHD Associate Professor and GRA Distinguished Investigator Paramyxovirus-host interactions, vaccine development, emerging paramyxovirus and onocylytic virus		Office: 315A Vet Med Phone: 706-542-2855 Email:bhe@uga.edu
		MARY HONDALUS, DVM, PHD Associate Professor Microbial genetics; pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rhodococcus equi; vaccine development		Office: 144 Riverbend Phone: 706-542-5778 Email: hondalus@uga.edu
		LILIANA JASO-FRIEDMANN, PHD Professor Comparative immunology; regulation and activation of natural immunity; evolution of effector molecules of the cellular immune system; effector pathways of cytotoxicity		Office: 355 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-2875 Email: ljaso@uga.edu
		RAY M. KAPLAN, DVM, PHD Professor Molecular mechanisms of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites; epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal parasites of ruminants and horses; biology and control of filarial nematodes		Office: G3 Wildlife Phone: 706-542-5670 Email: rkaplan@uga.edu
		ERIC R. LAFONTAINE, PHD Associate Professor Adherence factors from Moraxella catarrhalis, Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei		Office: 146 Riverbend Phone: 706-542-2863 Email: elafon10@uga.edu
		JULIE M. MOORE, PHD Professor Immune response to infectious diseases during pregnancy		Office: N330C Coverdell Phone: 706-542-5789 Email: julmoore@uga.edu
		DAVID S. PETERSON, PHD Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator Characterization of adhesion proteins which mediate host-parasite interactions in Plasmodium falciparum		Office: S345C Coverdell Phone: 706-542-5242 Email: dspete@uga.edu
		FREDERICK D. QUINN, PHD Professor and Department Head Identification and analysis of virulence factors from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria		Office: 358 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5790 Email: fquinn@uga.edu
		SREEKUMARI RAJEEV, BVSC, PHD, DACVM Assistant Professor Diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases in animals with a focus on Leptospirosis and Johne's disease in cattle		Office: Tifton Campus Phone: 229-386-3340 Email: srajeev@uga.edu
		JEREMIAH T. SALIKI, DVM, PHD Professor Development and improvement of conventional and molecular diagnostic methods for existing and emerging viruses of terrestrial and marine mammals		Office: 227 Athens Diagnostic Laboratory Phone: 706-542-5568 Email: jsaliki@uga.edu
		SUSAN SANCHEZ, MSC, PHD, MIBIOL, CBIOL Professor Antimicrobial resistance and its spread in animals and people; Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus with emphasis in MRSA; diagnostic tests for zoonotic diseases and diseases present in animals		Office: 137 Athens Diagnostic Laboratory Phone: 706-542-5568 Email: ssanchez@uga.edu
		S. MARK TOMPKINS, PHD Associate Professor Immune response to influenza virus infection; development of novel vaccines and therapeutics for seasonal and pandemic influenza; anti-viral RNA interference		Office: 112B AHRC Phone: 706-542-4716 Email: smt@uga.edu
		RALPH A. TRIPP, PHD Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar Immunity and disease pathogenesis associated with respiratory virus infection		Office: 201 AHRC Phone: 706-542-1557 Email: ratripp@uga.edu
		ADRIAN WOLSTENHOLME, PHD Associate Professor Molecular helminthology: in particular the interactions of anthelmintic drugs with ion channels in the nervous systems of parasitic helminths, and the molecular basis of drug resistance		Office: G9 Wildlife Phone: 706-542-2404 Email: adrianw@uga.edu
		WENDY WATFORD, PHD Assistant Professor Regulation of host defense and tolerance by Stat transcription factors		Office: 357 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-4585 Email:watfordw@uga.edu

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JOINT APPOINTMENTS

		JEFF HOGAN, PHD Assistant Professor Veterinary Anatomy and Radiology		Office: 112C AHRC Phone:706-542-6487 Email: jhogan@uga.edu
		ANDREW W. PARK, MSC, PHD Assistant Professor Odum School of Ecology		Office: 106 Ecology Phone: 706-542-5373 Email: awpark@uga.edu
		VINCENT STARAI, PHD Assistant Professor Microbiology Characterizing intracellular bacterial pathogen 'survival' factors which alter host cell membrane dynamics and fusion pathways; eukaryotic membrane fusion biochemistry		Office: 145 Riverbend Phone: 706-542-5755 Email: vjstarai@uga.edu

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ADJUNCT FACULTY

		CLAUDIO AFONSO Microbiologist ARS-USDA, SAA Necastle Diseases, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Control		Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory Phone: 706-543-3642 Email:claudio.afonso@ars.usda.gov
		BARRY S. FIELDS, PHD Laboratory Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Diagnostic development for detection or respiratory diseases and the ecology and pathogenesis of the human bacterial pathogen, Legionella		Office: CDC Phone: 404-639-3395 Email: bsf2@cdc.gov
		ZHEN FU, DVM, PHD Professor Department of Pathology Pathogenic mechanisms of neurotropic viruses and development of viral vaccines		Office: Vet Med Phone: 706-542-7021 Email: zhenfu@uga.edu
		DAVID HURLEY, PHD Professor Department of Population Health Broad areas of veterinary immunology or laboratory assessment of cells and cellular products		Office: Building 11 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-6371 Email: djhurely@uga.edu
		MARK JACKWOOD, PHD Professor Department of Population Health		Office: 150 PDRC Phone: 706-542-5475 Email: mjackwoo@uga.edu
		KIM KLONOWSKI, PHD Assistant Professor Department of Cellular Biology Immunological memory development and maintenance after infection and cellular cues which impact CD8 memory cell trafficking and homeostasis in non-lymphoid tissues		Office: 330A Coverdell Phone: 706-583-5576 Email: klonowski@cb.uga.edu
		MARGIE D. LEE, DVM, MS, PHD Professor Department of Population Health Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. Molecular ecology of intestinal bacterial communities. Molecular epidemiology of food safety pathogens.		Office: 123 PDRC Phone: 706-543-0797 Email: mdlee@uga.edu
		DANIEL MEAD, MS, PHD Associate Professor Department of Population Health Vector biology and vector-borne diseases		Office: Phone: 706-542-1741 :Email: dmead@uga.edu
		EGBERT MUNDT, DVM, PHD Associate Professor Department of Population Health Molecular virology for the development of vaccines, diagnostics and for basic research in poultry science		Office: PDRC Phone: 706-543-5500 Email: emundt@uga.edu
		Lee Myers, DVM, MPH, Dipl. ACVPM State Federal Liason- National Veterinary Stockpile Working directly with state, tribe, and U.S. territory officials to enhance their preparedness to receive and manage NVS assets, and I collaborate with the Strategic National Stockpile Division at CDC.		Office: USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Phone: 301-910-7336 Email: Lee.M.Myers@aphis.usda.gov
		BRUCE SEAL, MS, PHD Supervisory Microbiologist Molecular epidemiology; genomics-proteomics analyses of food-borne bacterial pathogens; and examining bacteriophage gene products along with antimicrobial peptides (bacteriocins) as potential alternative antimicrobials to combat bacterial disease		Office: Richard B. Russell Agricultural Center Phone: 706-546-3479 Email: bruce.seal@ars.usda.gov
		ERICA SPACKMAN, MS, PHD Microbiologist USDA, Agriculture Research Service Avian influenza virus vaccine devlopment, molecular epidemiology in wild bird reservoirs and diagnostic test development		Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory Phone: 706-546-3617 Email: Erica.Spackman@ars.usda.gov
		DAVID SUAREZ, DVM, PHD, ACVM Research Leader USDA, Agriculture Research Service Avian influenza and Newcastle disease in poultry		Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory Phone: 706-546-3479 Email:David.Suarez@ars.usda.gov
		AMELIA WOOLUMS, DVM, PHD, MVSc Associate Professor Department of Large Animal The study of the immune response of cattle to infectious respiratory disease, and the effect of vaccination on respiratory infection in cattle		Office: Vet Med Phone: 706-542-9329 Email: awoolums@uga.edu
		MICHAEL YABSLEY, MS, PHD Associate Professor Department of Population Health Parasitic and infectious diseases of wildlife, with an interest in vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens		Office: PDRC Phone: 706-542-1741 Email: myabsley@uga.edu
		QINGZHONG YU, DVM, PHD Microbiologist USDA-ARS, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory Molecular virology; reverse genetics and recombinant vaccine development of avian paramyxoviruses		Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory Phone: 706-546-3628 Email:qingzhong.yu@ars.usda.gov

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

		JAMIE BARBER, MSC		Office: 112A AHRC Phone: 706-542-4092 Email: barber@uga.edu
		MYRIAM BELANGER, PHD Associate Research Scientist		Office: 129 Riverbend 110 Phone: 706-542-0273 Email: belanger@uga.edu
		JEREMY DRISKELL, PHD Assistant Research Scientist		Office: 113 AHRC Phone: 706-542-2205 Email: jdriskel@uga.edu
		MICHAEL DZIMIANSKI, PHD Research Scientist		Office: G2B Widllife Phone: 706-542-8326 Email: mdzim@uga.edu
		R. CRAIG FINDLY, PHD Senior Research Scientist		Office: G2D Wildlife Phone: 706-542-5793 Email: rfindly@uga.edu
		LESLIE P. JONES, MS Research Scientist		Office: 104 AHRC Phone: 706-542-3399 Email: lj66@uga.edu
		RUSSELL KARLS, PHD Associate Research Scientist		Office: 219 Riverbend Phone: 706-542-4784 Email: rkarls@uga.edu
		CHANGLIN LI, PHD Assistant Research Scientist		Office: 309 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-4573 Email: changlin@uga.edu
		YUAN LIN, MS Assistant Research Scientist		Office: 315 Vet Med Phone: Email:yuanlin@uga.edu
		ANDY MOORHEAD, DVM, PHD Assistant Research Scientist		Office: G2B Wildlife Phone: 706-542-8168 Email: amoorhed@uga.edu
		BARBARA REAVES, PHD Associate Research Scientist		Office: 124 (211) Riverbend Phone: 706-542-2584 Email:bjreaves@uga.edu
		MATT SYLTE, DVM, PHD, DACVM Assistant Research Scientist		Office: 362 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-3815 Email: msylte@uga.edu
		PRASIT SUPAKORNDEJ, PHD Research Scientist		Office: G2B Wildlife Phone: 706-542-5683 Email: psupako@vet.uga.edu

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POSTDOCS

VIBHAY TRIPATHI, PHD Hondalus Lab		Phone: 706-542-5777 Email: vibhay@uga.edu
DEMBA SARR, PHD Moore Lab		Phone: 706-542-6758 Email: dsarr1@uga.edu
RACHEL BALDER, PHD Lafontaine Lab		Phone: 706-542-9889 Email: rbalder@uga.edu
ABHIJEET BAKRE, PHD Tripp Lab		Phone: 706-542-9862 Email: bakre@uga.edu
ANNA TORRECILHA, PHD Tripp Lab		Phone: 706-542-9862 Email: annac@uga.edu
TUHINA GUPTA, PHD Quinn Lab		Phone: 706-542-2584 Email: tgupta@uga.edu
LISA MCEWEN, PHD Harn Lab		Phone: 706-542-4573 Email: mcewen@uga.edu
ANN JAGGER, PHD Harn Lab		Phone: 706-542-4573 Email: ajagger@uga.edu
LEENA SRIVASTIVA, PHD Harn Lab		Phone:706-542-4573 Email:leena78@uga.edu
SMANLA TUNDUP, PHD Harn Lab		Phone:706-542-4573 Email:smanla@uga.edu
LEYI WANG, PHD He Lab		Phone: 706-542-2463 Email:lywang@uga.edu
ZHOU LI, PHD He Lab		Phone: 706-542-3571 Email:zhouli@uga.edu
SALLY WILLIAMSON, PHD Wolstenholme Lab		Phone: 706-542-3319 Email:sallymw@uga.edu

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