Core Faculty

Eric Arts (PhD)

Professor and Canada Research Chair in HIV Pathogenesis and Viral Control

Research Interests / Specializations: HIV pathogenesis, evolution and vaccine development

Stephen Barr (PhD)

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: virus-host interactions of emerging viral pathogens

Ewa Cairns (MSc, PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Our laboratory is interested in rheumatic autoimmune diseases

Carole Creuzenet (PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Glycobiology, virulence factors and host interactions for gastro-intestinal bacterial pathogens

Gregory Dekaban (PhD)

Professor / Scientist, Biotherapeutics Research Laboratory

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of immunotherapies for cancer, infectious disease and neurotrauma

Rodney DeKoter (PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: specializes in nuclear proteins called transcription factors, using animal models and various methods to better understand how gene mutations can disrupt those proteins and subsequently cause immune system diseases such as leukemia and primary immunodeficiency.

Jimmy Dikeakos (PhD)

Department Chair & Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: We study the movement of proteins within HIV-1 infected and non-infected cells.

Veronica Guariglia (PhD)

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Pathogenesis, transmission, and control of Listeria monocytogenes

Jennifer Guthrie (MSc, PhD)

Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics

Research Interests / Specializations: Pathogen genomics and bioinformatics combined with epidemiological methods to enhance public health efforts with respect to clinical diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance and prevention of disease transmission

Mansour Haeryfar (Doctorate Lab Medicine, MSc, PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: We investigate innate-like and adaptive T cell responses to cancer, viral pathogens and bacterial infections.

David Heinrichs (PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Pathogenic mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus (or MRSA)

Bryan Heit (PhD)

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Macrophage function in health & disease.

Jeremy Hill (PhD)

Adjunct Professor and Research Scientist

Research Interests / Specializations: Innate immune regulation of neuroinflammation and synapse elimination during viral encephalitis.

Steven Kerfoot (PhD)

Graduate Program Chair & Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: B cell immune responses and their role in inflammatory disease

Sung Kim (PhD)

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Our research program focuses on the signaling and epigenetic mechanisms of innate immune cells in responding to various microbes, tissue injury and cancers.

John McCormick (PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Bacterial toxins of Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus

Martin McGavin (PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Sensing and response of Staphylococcus aureus to chemical signals of innate immunity

Patrick Moynihan (PhD)

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: The role of the mycobacterial cell envelope in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis.

Joe Mymryk (PhD)

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: DNA tumor viruses and associated human cancers

Jessica Prodger (MSc, PhD)

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Developing Novels Strategies for HIV Prevention and Cure in Africa

Ryan Troyer (PhD)

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: We study molecular and cellular virology using multiple virus-host systems

Stephanie Zukowski (PhD)

Undergraduate Program Chair & Assistant Professor