Primary Faculty

Professor and Chairman

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Research Interests:

Bacterial Pathogenesis, Clostridium difficile, and Bacillus anthracis

Professor, Associate Director for Educational Training, Stephenson Cancer Center

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Research Interests:

Pathogenic spirochetes, Lyme disease pathogenesis, host-parasite relationships.

Assistant Professor

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Research Interests:

Cellular and molecular biology of apicomplexan parasites. Areas of special interest include parasite motility, protein secretion, second messenger signaling, genetics, and pathogenesis.

George Lynn Cross Research Professor

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Research Interests:

Molecular Pathogenesis of Bacterial Ocular Infections

George Lynn Cross Research Professor

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Research Interests:

Neuroimmunology; Mucosal Immunology with an emphasis on the eye; herpes simplex virus type 1-induced lymphangiogenesis and encephalitis, vaccine development

George Lynn Cross Research Professor

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Research Interests:

Molecular mimicry, Autoimmunity and Infection 

Assistant Professor

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Research Interests:

Bacterial pathogenesis, innate immunity, antimicrobial resistance, membrane lipid remodeling, biochemistry of transmembrane proteins, mass spectrometry and chemistry for the analysis of bacterial glycerophospholipids.

Professor

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Research Interests:

Microbial genomics, bacterial iron transport, bacterial regulatory networks, microbial pathogenesis

Assistant Professor

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Research Interests:

Fungal pathogenesis, fungal genetics, signal transduction, antifungal therapy

George Lynn Cross Research Professor

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Research Interests:

My research is focused on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II molecules.  These molecules trigger immune responses that result in:

• The rejection of organ and bone marrow transplants.
• The targeting of tumor cells for immune destruction.
• Autoimmune responses such as diabetes and arthritis.
• Immune responses to vaccines against viruses and tumors.

Laboratory research support comes does and has come from several sources including the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the National Marrow Donor Program, OCAST, PHF, commercial enterprises, and the Medical Alumni Association. 

Unique aspects of my research have been commercialized to form the biotechnology company Pure Protein LLC.  I am Chief Scientific Officer of Pure Protein which is located at the Research Park on the OUHSC campus.  The overall goal of my scientific endeavors is to utilize class I and class II molecules to stimulate beneficial immune responses and to modulate deleterious immune responses.

Professor, Graduate Student Liaison

Professor, Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professor

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Research Interests:

NKT cells and regulation of humoral immune responses

Assistant Professor

George Lynn Cross Research Professor

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Research Interests:

Structural biology and biochemistry of bacterial protein toxins

Assistant Professor

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Research Interests:

Inflammation, mucosal immunology, cytokines