Meet the Team
Director
Daniel Hoft, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Director, Center for Vaccine Development
Director, Institute for Vaccine Science and Policy
Adorjan Endowed Chair of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Principal Investigators
Getahun Abate, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate professor
Department of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Robert Belshe, M.D.
Founder of Center for Vaccine Development
Professor emeritus
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Sharon Frey, M.D.
Professor emeritus
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Sarah George, M.D.
Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Geoffrey Gorse, M.D.
Professor emeritus
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Irene Graham, M.D.
Adjunct professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Rong Hou, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Brett Jagger, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Jianguo Liu, Ph.D.
Professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Zacharoula Oikonomopoulou, M.D.
Assistant professor of pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Ranjit Ray, Ph.D.
Professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Rama Krishna Vankayalapati, Ph.D.
Professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Research Faculty
Azra Blazevic, D.V.M.
Associate professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Christopher Eickhoff
Associate research professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Mei Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant research professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Rajesh Kumar Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
Assistant research professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Research Staff
Kathy Chirco
Research nurse
Shirley Dettlebach
Research nurse and coordinator
Sabrina DiPiazza
Research nurse practitioner and recruitment
Stan Doublin
Data coordinator II-research
Eric Eggemeyer
Coordinator, clinical research and reception
Linda Eggemeyer-Sharpe
Research nurse and coordinator
Lauren Foreman
Research nurse and coordinator
Kathleen Heck
Research nurse
Ryan Kerr
Research nurse and coordinator
Katie Liefer.
Research nurse and coordinator
Tracy Montauk
Research nurse and coordinator
Karla Mosby
Nurse supervisor
Nicole Purcell
Research assistant
Jenifer Schilpzand
Research nurse
Joan Siegner
Research nurse and coordinator
Jan Tennant
Research nurse and coordinator
Regulatory Affairs Professionals
Carol Duane, Ph.D.
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Kiana Wilder
Clinical research regulatory assistant
Laboratory Staff
Chase Colbert
Research assistant
Lainey Mejia-Jauregui
Research technician
Keith Meyer
Staff scientist II
Krystal Meza
Senior research assistant
Huan Ning, M.D.
Staff scientist
Yinyi Yu
Senior research assistant
Amar Mahata, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Octavio Ramos Espinosa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Dhemerson Souza de Lima, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Yuki Haga, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Sydney Coates
Research assistant
Solia Sukupolvi-Perry
Senior research assistant
Abhinav Vankayalapati, M.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Padmaja Paidipally
Staff scientist II
Pharmacy
Michelle Harris, Pharm.D.
Research pharmacist
Lisa Presley, Pharm.D.
Research pharmacist