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Directors

William C. Gause, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Director, RBHS Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases
University Professor of Medicine
gausewc@njms.rutgers.edu
David Alland, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Disease
Director, The Public Health Research Institute (PHRI)
Director, The Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CRP2)
Director, Rutgers Regional Bio-containment Laboratory (RBL)
Director, The Center for Emerging Pathogens (EP)
allandda@njms.rutgers.edu

Members

Aimee M. Beaulieu, PhD
Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Center for Immunity & Inflammation
ab1550@njms.rutgers.edu
Kathleen Beebe, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology
Kathleen.beebe@rutgers.edu
Alex Bekker, MD, PhD
Professor, Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
bekkeray@njms.rutgers.edu
Vivian Bellofatto, PhD
Professor, Interim Chair
Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
bellofat@njms.rutgers.edu
Tessa Bergsbaken, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
t.bergsbaken@rutgers.edu
Nicholas J. Bessman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
New Jersey Medical School
nb757@connect.rutgers.edu
John Chan, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
New Jersey Medical School
jc2864@njms.rutgers.edu
Sylvia Christakos, PhD
Professor
Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
christak@njms.rutgers.edu
Nataki C. Douglas, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of Translational Research, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
nataki.douglas@rutgers.edu
David Dubnau, PhD
Professor
Public Health Research Institute
New Jersey Medical School
dubnauda@njms.rutgers.edu
Joan Durbin, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
durbinje@njms.rutgers.edu
Karen Edelblum, PhD
Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
ke163@njms.rutgers.edu
Jerrold J. Ellner, PhD
Professor and Clinical Director
Department of Medicine
New Jersey Medical School
Infectious Diseases, Public Health Research Institute
ellnerjj@njms.rutgers.edu
Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, PhD
Professor
Scientific Director, Flow Cytometry Core
bocarsly@njms.rutgers.edu
Joel Freundlich, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Emerging Pathogens
freundjs@njms.rutgers.edu
Marila Gennaro, MD
Professor
Public Health Research Institute
marila.gennaro@rutgers.edu
Huijuan Hu, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
hh480@njms.rutgers.edu
Yosuke Kumamoto, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
yosuke.kumamoto@rutgers.edu
Alexander Lemenze, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
lemenzad@njms.rutgers.edu
Steven Levison, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience
Director, Laboratory for Regenerative Neurobiology
levisosw@njms.rutgers.edu
Dongfang Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
dl907@njms.rutgers.edu
David Lukac, PhD
Associate Professor
Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
lukacdm@njms.rutgers.edu
Keri E. Lunsford, MD, PhD, FACS
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
kel153@njms.rutgers.edu
Matthew Neiditch, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
neiditmb@njms.rutgers.edu
J. Patrick O'Connor, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
oconnojp@njms.rutgers.edu
Dane Parker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
dane.parker@rutgers.edu
Vasileios Petrou, PhD
Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
vp440@njms.rutgers.edu
Richard Pine, PhD
Associate Professor
Public Health Research Institute
pineri@njms.rutgers.edu
Amariliz Rivera, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
riveraam@njms.rutgers.edu
Marcela Rodriguez, PhD
Associate Professor
Public Health Research Institute
rodrigg2@njms.rutgers.edu
Christine Rohowsky-Kochan, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neurosciences
rohowscm@njms.rutgers.edu
Padmini Salgame, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine, Director, Graduate Medical Research Program
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
salgampa@njms.rutgers.edu
Mark Siracusa, PhD
Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
mcs294@njms.rutgers.edu
Zoltan Spolarics, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Surgery
spolaric@njms.rutgers.edu
Selvakumar Subbian, PhD
Assistant Professor
Public Health Research Institute
subbiase@njms.rutgers.edu
YuanXiang Tao, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesiology
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
yt211@njms.rutgers.edu
Sanjay Tyagi, PhD
Professor
Public Health Research Institute
sanjay.tyagi@rutgers.edu
Jason Scott Weinstein, PhD
Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Department of Medicine
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
Darin L. Wiesner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
New Jersey Medical School
dw667@njms.rutgers.edu
Yingda (Linda) Xie, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
ylx1@njms.rutgers.edu
Chaoyang Xue, PhD
Associate Professor
Public Health Research Institute
xuech@njms.rutgers.edu
Jason Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens
jason.y@rutgers.edu
George Yap, PhD
Professor
Center for Immunity and Inflammation
yapgs@njms.rutgers.edu