- Leadership
- Projects PIs
- Mentors
- External Research Specialists (External Mentors)
- Internal Advisory Committee
- External Advisory Committee
Leadership
Director and PI of CAIPP
Andrew Yurochko, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Executive Director of Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats, Assistant Director of Research of Center of Excellence for Arthritis, Director of CAIPP, Carroll Feist Endowed Chair of Viral Oncology, Associate Director of Research for Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Senior Leaders of CAIPP
Martin Sapp, PhD
Department Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, Willis Knighton Chair of Molecular Biology
Matthew Woolard, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, O'Callaghan Family Endowed Professor of Microbiology
Projects PIs
Project PIS
Xiaohong Lu, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Pharmacology Graduate Program Recruiter
Project 1
Genetic Dissection of a VIP Link between Immune Dysfunction and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Characterized by Social Deficits
Ana Maria Dragoi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Research at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Project 2
Contribution of macrophages to Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis
Project 3
Eosinophils facilitate bacterial clearance by mediating antibacterial T cell responses in the respiratory tract
Project 4
Mentors
Mentors
Dennis O'Callaghan, PhD
Boyd Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor of Center of Excellence for Arthritis and Rheumatology
Martin Sapp, PhD
Department Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, Willis Knighton Chair of Molecular Biology
Andrew Yurochko, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Executive Director of Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats, Assistant Director of Research of Center of Excellence for Arthritis, Director of CAIPP, Carroll Feist Endowed Chair of Viral Oncology, Associate Director of Research for Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
External Research Specialists (External Mentors)
External Research Specialists (External Mentors)
Glenn Matsushima, PhD
Associate Professor of Immunology & Microbiology and Member of UNC Neuroscience Center
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
H. Steven Seifert, PhD
John Edward Porter Professor of Biomedical Science and Microbiology-Immunology
Northwestern University
Nicholas H. Carbonetti, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Internal Advisory Committee
Internal Advisory Committee
Dennis O'Callaghan, PhD
Boyd Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor of Center of Excellence for Arthritis and Rheumatology
A. Wayne Orr, PhD
Professor and Director of the Research Division for Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
External Advisory Committee
External Advisory Committee
Jenny Ting, PhD
William Rand Kenan Professor, Director of the Center for Translational Immunology; co-Director of the Inflammatory Diseases Institute, Department Microbiology and Immunology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tom Kawula, PhD
Director Paul G. Allen School for Global Health; Professor; Director of Graduate Education
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine
William Britt, MD
Charles A. Alford Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Microbiology & Neurobiology
University of Alabama Birmingham