Faculty

	Jonathan Abraham, Associate Professor Molecular biology, immunology, and structural biology
	Thomas Bernhardt, Professor Bacterial genetics; mechanism of cell division and regulation
	Lee Gehrke, Professor Emerging viruses; rapid virus detection technologies
	Sophie Helaine, Associate Professor Salmonella persisters during infection and bacterial growth control
	Darren Higgins, Professor Host-pathogen interactions: intracellular bacterial pathogens
	Ann Hochschild, Professor and Chair Bacterial genetics; mechanisms of transcription and bacterial prions
	Marco Jost, Assistant Professor Molecular mechanisms of host-microbiome interactions
	David Knipe, Professor Molecular biology of herpes simplex virus; viral vaccines
	Aleksandar Kostic, Associate Professor Microbiome-immune system interactions
	Philip Kranzusch, Professor Enzyme biochemistry and innate immune signaling
	Mélissa Léger-Abraham, Assistant Professor Parasitic protein synthesis; structural and molecular biology
	Stephen Lory, Professor Bacterial pathogenesis: genomics
	John Mekalanos, Professor Protein chemistry and bacterial genetics
	Jeffrey Moffitt, Assistant Professor In situ single-cell ‘omics in the microbiome-gut-brain-axis
	Max Nibert, Professor Reoviruses and rotaviruses
	Silvi Rouskin, Assistant Professor RNA viruses and RNA-structure based gene regulation in disease
	David Rudner, Professor Cell envelope biogenesis in gram-positive bacteria; entrance/exit from dormancy
	Aaron Schmidt, Associate Professor Protein engineering, antibody evolution and small-molecule discovery
	Joseph Sodroski, Professor Human immunodeficiency virus entry into host cells; HIV
	Michael Starnbach, Professor T-lymphocyte responses to bacterial pathogens
	Suzanne Walker, Professor Chemical biology applied to microbial systems
	Shira Weingarten-Gabbay Laboratory of Systems Virology will open in January 2025

Affiliate Faculty

	Alejandro Balazs, Assistant Professor (The Ragon Institute) Engineering immunity to dissect host-pathogen interactions
	Amy Barczak, Assistant Professor (Mass General Hospital) Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cells and tissues
	Dan Barouch, Professor (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Immunology and virology of HIV-1 infection, vaccine strategies
	Facundo Batista, Professor (The Ragon Institute) B cell activation and antibody production
	Michael Baym, Assistant Professor (HMS Department of Biomedical Informatics) Microbial evolution, antibiotic resistance, and phage
	Stephen Calderwood, Professor (Mass General Hospital) Immune responses to enteric infections, microbial pathogenesis
	Harvey Cantor, Professor (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Development and function of T cells
	Isaac Chiu, Associate Professor (HMS Department of Immunology) Neuro-immune mechanisms of pain and inflammation
	James Cunningham, Associate Professor (Brigham and Women's Hospital) Leukemogenic Retroviruses
	Raphael Dolin, Professor (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Development and clinical study of candidate HIV vaccines
	Min Dong, Associate Professor (Boston Children's Hospital) Bacterial toxins, protein therapeutics, and host-pathogen interactions
	Stephanie Dougan, Assistant Professor (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Mouse models of anti-tumor immunity
	Simon Dove, Associate Professor (Boston Children's Hospital) Virulence gene expression in pathogenic bacteria
	Jeffrey Dvorin, Associate Professor (Boston Children's Hospital) Molecular pathogenesis of human malaria infection
	Alan Engelman, Professor (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Retroviral DNA Integration
	Sarah Fortune, Professor (Harvard Chan School) Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis
	Ruth Franklin, Assistant Professor (Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology) The immune system beyond host defense
	Dana Gabuzda, Professor (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) HIV Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis
	Benjamin Gewurz, Associate Professor (Brigham and Women's Hospital) Epstein-Barr virus replication, pathogenesis and cancer biology
	Michael S. Gilmore, Professor (Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary) Multidrug resistant enterococci, streptococci, staphylococci
	Marcia Goldberg, Professor (Mass General Hospital) Molecular mechanisms of intracellular bacterial infection and innate immune responses
	Smita Gopinath, Assistant Professor (Harvard Chan School) Host-pathogen interaction modulated by the microbiota
	Peter Howley, Professor (HMS Department of Immunology) Molecular biology of the papillomaviruses
	Jun Huh, Associate Professor (HMS Department of Immunology) Bacteria, immune cells and neurodevelopment
	Ruaidhrí Jackson, Assistant Professor (HMS Department of Immunology) Mucosal Immunology and Protein Translation During Inflammation
	Sizun Jiang, Assistant Professor (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Systems Biology, Tissue mechanisms of microbe-host interactions, Spatial-omics
	Jonathan Kagan, Professor (Boston Children's Hospital) Regulation of Toll-like receptor signaling
	Dennis Kasper, Professor (HMS Department of Immunology) The interaction of bacteria with the immune system
	Jacob Lemieux, Assistant Professor (Mass General Hospital) Red blood cell parasites, tick-borne diseases, and respiratory viruses
	Cammie Lesser, Associate Professor (Mass General Hospital) Gram-negative bacterial pathogenesis
	Roni Nowarski, Assistant Professor (Brigham and Women's Hospital) Tissue regulation of immunity and inflammation
	Gerald Pier, Professor (Brigham and Women's Hospital) Bacterial pathogenesis and vaccine development
	Samuel Rabkin, Professor (Mass General Hospital) HSV Vectors for Cancer Therapy
	Laurence Rahme, Professor (Mass General Hospital) Multi-Host Bacterial Pathogenesis
	Seth Rakoff-Nahoum, Assistant Professor (Boston Children's Hospital) Understanding host-associated microbial communities
	Eric Rubin, Professor (Harvard Chan School) The molecular pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
	Arlene Sharpe, Professor (HMS Department of Immunology) Regulation of T-cell Mediated Immune Response
	Uli von Andrian, Professor (HMS Department of Immunology) Leukocyte trafficking; intravital microscopy; host-pathogen interactions
	Matthew Waldor, Professor (Brigham and Women's Hospital) Evolution, cell biology, and pathogenicity of Vibrio cholerae
	Bruce Walker, Professor (The Ragon Institute) Mechanisms of immune control in HIV infection
	Paula Watnick, Professor (Boston Children's Hospital) Host-pathogen/commensal metabolic interactions
	Michael Wessels, Professor (Boston Children's Hospital) Molecular basis of streptococcal infections