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INFECTIOUS DISEASES FACULTY
CORE FACULTY
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HARRY W. DICKERSON, BVSC, PHD
Professor
Molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis immunoparasitology and fish vaccinology
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Office: 226 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-5734
Email: hwd@uga.edu
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MARK ESTES, PHD
Professor
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Office: Vet Med
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DONALD L. EVANS, PHD
Professor
Molecular Immunology; signal transduction; mechanisms of cellular innate immunity
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Office: 291 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-5796
Email: dlevans@uga.edu
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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 |
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Office: 303A Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-4569
Email: dharn@uga.edu
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BIAO HE, PHD
Associate Professor and GRA Distinguished Investigator
Paramyxovirus-host interactions, vaccine development, emerging paramyxovirus and onocylytic virus
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Office: 315A Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-2855
Email:bhe@uga.edu
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MARY HONDALUS, DVM, PHD
Associate Professor
Microbial genetics; pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rhodococcus equi; vaccine development
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Office: 144 Riverbend
Phone: 706-542-5778
Email: hondalus@uga.edu
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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
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Office: 355 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-2875
Email: ljaso@uga.edu
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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
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Office: G3 Wildlife
Phone: 706-542-5670
Email: rkaplan@uga.edu
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ERIC R. LAFONTAINE, PHD
Associate Professor
Adherence factors from Moraxella catarrhalis, Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei
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Office: 146 Riverbend
Phone: 706-542-2863
Email: elafon10@uga.edu
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JULIE M. MOORE, PHD
Professor
Immune response to infectious diseases during pregnancy
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Office: N330C Coverdell
Phone: 706-542-5789
Email: julmoore@uga.edu
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DAVID S. PETERSON, PHD
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Characterization of adhesion proteins which mediate host-parasite interactions in Plasmodium falciparum
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Office: S345C Coverdell
Phone: 706-542-5242
Email: dspete@uga.edu
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FREDERICK D. QUINN, PHD
Professor and Department Head
Identification and analysis of virulence factors from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
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Office: 358 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-5790
Email: fquinn@uga.edu
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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
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Office: Tifton Campus
Phone: 229-386-3340
Email: srajeev@uga.edu
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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
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Office: 227 Athens Diagnostic Laboratory
Phone: 706-542-5568
Email: jsaliki@uga.edu
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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
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Office: 137 Athens Diagnostic Laboratory
Phone: 706-542-5568
Email: ssanchez@uga.edu
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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
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Office: 112B AHRC
Phone: 706-542-4716
Email: smt@uga.edu
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RALPH A. TRIPP, PHD
Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar
Immunity and disease pathogenesis associated with respiratory virus infection |
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Office: 201 AHRC
Phone: 706-542-1557
Email: ratripp@uga.edu
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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
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Office: G9 Wildlife
Phone: 706-542-2404
Email: adrianw@uga.edu
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WENDY WATFORD, PHD
Assistant Professor
Regulation of host defense and tolerance by Stat transcription factors |
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Office: 357 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-4585
Email:watfordw@uga.edu
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JOINT APPOINTMENTS
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JEFF HOGAN, PHD
Assistant Professor
Veterinary Anatomy and Radiology
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Office: 112C AHRC
Phone:706-542-6487
Email: jhogan@uga.edu |
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ANDREW W. PARK, MSC, PHD
Assistant Professor
Odum School of Ecology
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Office: 106 Ecology
Phone: 706-542-5373
Email: awpark@uga.edu
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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
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Office: 145 Riverbend
Phone: 706-542-5755
Email: vjstarai@uga.edu
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ADJUNCT FACULTY
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CLAUDIO AFONSO
Microbiologist
ARS-USDA, SAA
Necastle Diseases, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Control |
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Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
Phone: 706-543-3642
Email:claudio.afonso@ars.usda.gov
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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
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Office: CDC
Phone: 404-639-3395
Email: bsf2@cdc.gov
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ZHEN FU, DVM, PHD
Professor
Department of Pathology
Pathogenic mechanisms of neurotropic viruses and development of viral vaccines
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Office: Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-7021
Email: zhenfu@uga.edu
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DAVID HURLEY, PHD
Professor
Department of Population Health
Broad areas of veterinary immunology or laboratory assessment of cells and cellular products
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Office: Building 11 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-6371
Email: djhurely@uga.edu
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MARK JACKWOOD, PHD
Professor
Department of Population Health
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Office: 150 PDRC
Phone: 706-542-5475
Email: mjackwoo@uga.edu
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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 |
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Office: 330A Coverdell
Phone: 706-583-5576
Email: klonowski@cb.uga.edu
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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.
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Office: 123 PDRC
Phone: 706-543-0797
Email: mdlee@uga.edu
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DANIEL MEAD, MS, PHD
Associate Professor
Department of Population Health
Vector biology and vector-borne diseases |
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Phone: 706-542-1741
:Email: dmead@uga.edu |
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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
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Office: PDRC
Phone: 706-543-5500
Email: emundt@uga.edu
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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. |
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Office: USDA APHIS Veterinary Services
Phone: 301-910-7336
Email: Lee.M.Myers@aphis.usda.gov
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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 |
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Office: Richard B. Russell Agricultural Center
Phone: 706-546-3479
Email: bruce.seal@ars.usda.gov
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ERICA SPACKMAN, MS, PHD
Microbiologist
USDA, Agriculture Research Service
Avian influenza virus vaccine devlopment, molecular epidemiology in wild bird reservoirs and diagnostic test development
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Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
Phone: 706-546-3617
Email: Erica.Spackman@ars.usda.gov
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DAVID SUAREZ, DVM, PHD, ACVM
Research Leader
USDA, Agriculture Research Service
Avian influenza and Newcastle disease in poultry |
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Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
Phone: 706-546-3479
Email:David.Suarez@ars.usda.gov
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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
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Office: Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-9329
Email: awoolums@uga.edu
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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
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Office: PDRC
Phone: 706-542-1741
Email: myabsley@uga.edu
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QINGZHONG YU, DVM, PHD
 Microbiologist
USDA-ARS, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
Molecular virology; reverse genetics and recombinant vaccine development of avian paramyxoviruses |
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Office: Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
Phone: 706-546-3628
Email:qingzhong.yu@ars.usda.gov
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RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
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JAMIE BARBER, MSC
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Office: 112A AHRC
Phone: 706-542-4092
Email: barber@uga.edu
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MYRIAM BELANGER, PHD
Associate Research Scientist
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Office: 129 Riverbend 110
Phone: 706-542-0273
Email: belanger@uga.edu
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JEREMY DRISKELL, PHD
Assistant Research Scientist
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Office: 113 AHRC
Phone: 706-542-2205
Email: jdriskel@uga.edu
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MICHAEL DZIMIANSKI, PHD
Research Scientist
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Office: G2B Widllife
Phone: 706-542-8326
Email: mdzim@uga.edu
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R. CRAIG FINDLY, PHD
Senior Research Scientist
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Office: G2D Wildlife
Phone: 706-542-5793
Email: rfindly@uga.edu
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LESLIE P. JONES, MS
Research Scientist
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Office: 104 AHRC
Phone: 706-542-3399
Email: lj66@uga.edu
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RUSSELL KARLS, PHD
Associate Research Scientist
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Office: 219 Riverbend
Phone: 706-542-4784
Email: rkarls@uga.edu
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CHANGLIN LI, PHD
Assistant Research Scientist
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Office: 309 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-4573
Email: changlin@uga.edu
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YUAN LIN, MS
Assistant Research Scientist
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Office: 315 Vet Med
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Email:yuanlin@uga.edu |
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ANDY MOORHEAD, DVM, PHD
Assistant Research Scientist
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Office: G2B Wildlife
Phone: 706-542-8168
Email: amoorhed@uga.edu |
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BARBARA REAVES, PHD
Associate Research Scientist
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Office: 124 (211) Riverbend
Phone: 706-542-2584
Email:bjreaves@uga.edu
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MATT SYLTE, DVM, PHD, DACVM
Assistant Research Scientist
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Office: 362 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-3815
Email: msylte@uga.edu
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PRASIT SUPAKORNDEJ, PHD
Research Scientist
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Office: G2B Wildlife
Phone: 706-542-5683
Email: psupako@vet.uga.edu
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POSTDOCS
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VIBHAY TRIPATHI, PHD
Hondalus Lab
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Phone: 706-542-5777
Email: vibhay@uga.edu
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DEMBA SARR, PHD
Moore Lab
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Phone: 706-542-6758
Email: dsarr1@uga.edu
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RACHEL BALDER, PHD
Lafontaine Lab
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Phone: 706-542-9889
Email: rbalder@uga.edu
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ABHIJEET BAKRE, PHD
Tripp Lab
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Phone: 706-542-9862
Email: bakre@uga.edu
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ANNA TORRECILHA, PHD
Tripp Lab
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Phone: 706-542-9862
Email: annac@uga.edu
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TUHINA GUPTA, PHD
Quinn Lab
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Phone: 706-542-2584
Email: tgupta@uga.edu
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LISA MCEWEN, PHD
Harn Lab
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Phone: 706-542-4573
Email: mcewen@uga.edu
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ANN JAGGER, PHD
Harn Lab
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Phone: 706-542-4573
Email: ajagger@uga.edu
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LEENA SRIVASTIVA, PHD
Harn Lab
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Phone:706-542-4573
Email:leena78@uga.edu
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SMANLA TUNDUP, PHD
Harn Lab
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Phone:706-542-4573
Email:smanla@uga.edu
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LEYI WANG, PHD
He Lab
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Phone: 706-542-2463
Email:lywang@uga.edu
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ZHOU LI, PHD
He Lab
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Phone: 706-542-3571
Email:zhouli@uga.edu
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SALLY WILLIAMSON, PHD
Wolstenholme Lab
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Phone: 706-542-3319
Email:sallymw@uga.edu
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