Parasites We Study
Our Department research can be organized taxonomically as shown below:
| Faculty | Research Description | Taxonomic Focus |
| Bodeau-Livinec, Florence |
Perinatal Epidemiology and Anemia |
Hookworm, Plasmodium, HIV |
| Branch, Oralee | Molecular Epidemiology and Immunology of Malaria | Plasmodium |
| Carlton, Jane | Comparative Genomics of Parasites | Plasmodium spp., Trichomonas spp., Cryptosporidium spp., other apicomplexans |
| Chen, Donald |
Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of P. falciparum |
Plasmodium |
| Clarkson, Allen | Pneumocystis: Multiply Fast or Die | Pneumocystis |
| Coppi, Alida |
Structure-function Studies of the Plasmodium Circumsporozoite Protein | Plasmodium |
| Day, Karen | Malaria Transmission Dynamics | Plasmodium |
| Eichinger, Daniel | Molecular Biology of Entamoeba histolytica | Entamoeba spp. |
| Frevert, Ute | Immunobiology of Plasmodium | Plasmodium |
| Loke, P'ng | Regulation of immune responses by macrophages and helminths | Helminth |
| Nardin, Elizabeth | Mechanisms of Immunity to Malaria | Plasmodium |
| Nussenzweig, Ruth | Development of Experimental Basis for Malaria Vaccine | Plasmodium |
| Raper, Jayne | African Trypanosome Lytic Factors: Novel Mediators of Human Innate Immunity | Leishmania, Salmonella, Trypanosoma |
| Rodriguez, Ana | Plasmodium Infection and Immunity Trypanosoma cruzi Drug Development | Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Trypanosoma |
| Sinnis, Photini | Plasmodium Sporozoite Biology in the Mosquito and Vertebrate Host | Plasmodium |
| Vanderberg, Jerome | Plasmodium-Host Interactions in Invasions and Immunity | Plasmodium |
