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INFECTIOUS DISEASES FACULTY


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Core Faculty
Joint Appointments
Research Scientists
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CORE FACULTY

SANDY BALDWIN, DVM, PHD
Professor
Bacteriology; mycology

Office: Tifton Diagnostic Laboratory
43 Brighton Road
Tifton, Georgia 31794
Phone: 229-386-3340


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@vet.uga.edu


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


MARY HONDALUS, DVM, PHD
Assistant Professor
Microbial genetics; pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rhodococcus equi; vaccine development

Office: 356 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-5778
Email: hondalus@vet.uga.edu


LILIANA JASO-FRIEDMANN, PHD
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
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
Associate 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: 2212A Vet Med
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 South Building
Phone: 706-542-2863
Email: elafon10@uga.edu

SCOTT LANDFEAR, PHD


JULIE M. MOORE, PHD
Associate 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
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: Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Phone: 706-542-5568
Email: jsaliki@uga.edu

SUSAN SANCHEZ, MSC, PHD, MIBIOL, CBIOL
Associate 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
Assistant 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: rtripp@vet.uga.edu

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JOINT APPOINTMENTS

JEFF HOGAN, PHD
Assistant Professor
Veterinary Anatomy and Radiology

Office: Veterinary Anatomy and Radiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7382
Phone: 706-542-8310


ANDREW W. PARK, MSC, PHD
Assistant Professor
Odum School of Ecology


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RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

JAMIE BARBER, MSC
Office: 112A AHRC
Phone: 706-542-4092
Email: barber@uga.edu

SUNGHEE CHAI

JEREMY DRISKELL, PHD
Assistant Research Scientist
Office: 113 AHRC
Phone: 706-542-2205
Email: jdriskel@uga.edu


MICHAEL DZIMIANSKI, PHD
Research Scientist
Office: 2215 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-8326
Email: mdzim@vet.uga.edu


R. CRAIG FINDLY, PHD
Senior Research Scientist
Office: A7 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-5793
Email: rfindly@uga.edu


LESLIE P. JONES, MS
Research Scientist
Office: 104 AHRC
Phone: 706-542-3399
Email: ljones@vet.uga.edu


RUSSELL KARLS, PHD
Research Scientist
Office: 357 Vet Med
Phone: 706-542-4784
Email: rkarls@uga.edu


ANDY MOORHEAD, DVM, PHD
Assistant Research Scientist


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: 235 Vet Med
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

TUHINA GUPTA, PHD
Quinn Lab
Phone: 706-542-2584
Email: tgupta@uga.edu

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