
HA
Unit: School of Medicine
Department: Department of Microbiology
Office location and address
1340 Jefferson Park Ave
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22903
Education
PhD, Pasteur Institute
Postdoc, Harvard Medical School
Postdoc, Harvard Medical School
Publications
Sponsored Awards
High Throughput Screen for Inhibitors of Shigella Flexneri Dissemination
Source: U.S. NIH Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
June 01, 2020 – May 31, 2024
Characterization of an infant rabbit model of bacillary dysentery
Source: U.S. NIH Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
July 01, 2020 – June 30, 2023
Mechanisms of intracellular pathogen dissemination
Source: U.S. NIH Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
May 16, 2018 – April 30, 2023
Characterization of vacuole escape in Shigella infection
Source: U.S. NIH Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
February 01, 2020 – January 31, 2023
Role of the T3SS effector protein IcsB in Shigella flexneri infection
Source: U.S. NIH Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
September 01, 2019 – August 31, 2022
MD-MICR Mechanisms of Intracellular Pathogen Dissemination
Source: U.S. NIH Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
July 01, 2015 – January 31, 2018
Courses
Credits: 2
This foundational module will cover fundamentals of the biology of bacteria and viruses. Bacteriology topics to be discussed include bacterial physiology, genetics, and gene regulation, and how these and other features impact drug discovery and pathogenesis. Virology topics to be discussed include virus structure and assembly, viral replication, viral genetic regulation, virus/immune interactions, and applications of viruses in 21st century.
Credits: 2
The class provides a comprehensive study of pathogenic microbes and their unique and conserved mechanisms of virulence. Prerequisite: Core Course and Molecular Principles of Bacteriology and Virology
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.