Research

Infectious Diseases

Research in infectious diseases within the CDB program includes investigators using molecular and cell biological techniques to study HIV, hepatitis B and C, and malaria. These research programs seek to utilize information from basic science to develop chemotherapeutics and vaccines for disease treatment.

Life Cycle of the Malaria Parasite

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Faculty

David S. Strayer
Theodore F. Taraschi

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Current Events

On Tuesday February 26 Thomas Jefferson held its 5th Annual Scholarship Dinner ...

CDB Candidate Interviews 2013 ...

CDB Program Announces Interim Director Dr. Jan Hoek ...

The CDB wants to congratulate Annabel Torres as the recipient of The Professor Fredric Rieders, Ph.D. Scholarship. ...

Recent graduate student, Jun He, defended her thesis successfully ...

Congratulations to Dr. Renato Iozzo for being appointed as Editor-In-Cheif of Matrix Biology

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