Topic: Immunology and Pathology
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Barry Beaty
A Universityi Distinguished Professor, Beaty researches diseases spread by insects, such as malaria and dengue, West Nile and yellow fever.
John Belisle
Belisle focuses on the physiology of bacterial pathogens that cause tuberculosis, leprosy and tularemia, and how products of these bacteria interact with the hosts.
Gerald Callahan
Gerald Callahan, chair of the Creative Nonfiction Graduate Program, researches interactions between the human immune and nervous systems, humans and their microbiomes, and the biological basis of sex.
Gregg Dean
Dr. Gregg Dean, head of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, is currently investigating a possible vaccine against the COVID-19 based on the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus.
Steven Dow
Dow, director of the Center for Immune and Regenerative Medicine, researches stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine treatments for diseases of humans and companion animals, and directs a research program in tumor immunology/immunotherapy and tumor vaccines at the Flint Animal Cancer Center.
Anne Lenaerts
Lenaerts focuses on development and application of novel preclinical animal models to further anti-tuberculosis drug discovery and to study anti-mycobacterial resistance and persistence.