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Program Faculty

Abraham, Ph.D., David 
Phone: 215-503-8917
Email: David.Abraham@jefferson.edu

Research Interests: Parasite Immunology


Alugupalli, Ph.D., Kishore 
Phone: 215-503-4554
Email: Kishore.Alugupalli@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: B Cell Memory; Innate Immunity; Bacterial Pathogenesis


Arafat,, Hwyda 
Phone: (215) 955-6383
Email: HWYDA.ARAFAT@jefferson.edu

M.D., Ain Shams Medical School, Cairo, Egypt M.S., Ain Shams Medical School, Cairo, Egypt: Anatomy Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Ain Shams Medical School: Cell Biology/Immunology. My laboratory is currently investigating the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of oxidative stress and inflammation signaling in two pancreatic diseases, type 1diabetes and pancreatic cancer.


Buchberg, Ph.D., Arthur M.
Phone: 215-503-4533
Email: buchberg@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Cancer Genetics, Genetics of Cancer Susceptibility


Calabretta, M.D., Ph.D., Bruno 
Phone: (215) 503-4522
Email: Bruno.Calabretta@mail.tju.edu


Calkins, Ph.D., Catherine 
Phone: 215-503-7950
Email: Catherine.Calkins@jefferson.edu

Research Interests: Cellular Immunology, centered on autoimmunity and anti-viral responses


Campbell, Kerry S.
Phone: 215-728-7761
Email: kerry.campbell@fccc.edu


Daniel, M.D., Ph.D. , RenĂ© 
Phone: 215-503-5725
Email: Rene.Daniel@jefferson.edu


Dietzschold, D.V.M., Bernhard 
Phone: (215) 503-4692
Email: Bernhard.Dietzschold@jefferson.edu


Eisenlohr, V.M.D., Ph.D., Laurence C.
Phone: 215-503-4540
Email: Laurence.Eisenlohr@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Antigen Processing/Presentation and T Cell Responses


Flomenberg, M.D., Neal 
Phone: (215) 955-4367
Email: Neal.Flomenberg@jefferson.edu


Flomenberg, M.D., Phyllis 
Phone: (215) 503-2170
Email: Phyllis.Flomenberg@jefferson.edu


Hardy, Ph.D., Richard R.
Phone: 215-728-2469
Email: rr_hardy@fccc.edu


Hooper, Ph.D., D. Craig
Phone: (215) 503-1774
Email: Douglas.Hooper@jefferson.edu

Research Interests: Neuroimmunology, inflammation and free radicals.


Manser, Ph.D., Timothy L.
Phone: 215-503-4672
Email: manser@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Regulation of the Development of B Cell Immunity and Autoimmunity


McGettigan, Ph.D., James P
Phone: 215-503-4629
Email: james.mcgettigan@jefferson.edu


McKenzie, M.D., Ph.D., Steven E
Phone: 215-955-3900
Email: Steven.McKenzie@jefferson.edu


Paumet, Fabienne 
Phone: 215-503-8567
Email: Fabienne.Paumet@jefferson.edu

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PHAGOCYTOSIS: how do pathogens subvert this process? *Unraveling membrane trafficking involved in the phagocytic pathway and its regulation *How do bacteria interfere with the host phagocytic system to escape lysosomal degradation?
CHARACTERIZATION OF EUKARYOTIC MEMBRANE FUSION MACHINERY
*Identification and characterization of primitive membrane fusion machineries (similar to SNARE proteins?)
*Characterization of the specificity of fusion encoded in the SNARE proteins
*Characterization of intramolecular SNARE regulation


Pestell, M.D., Ph.D., Richard G
Phone: 215-503-5692
Email: director@kimmelcancercenter.org

Professor of Oncology and Medicine
Director, Kimmel Cancer Center

Dr. Pestell completed his M.D. (1981) and Ph.D. degrees in Australia. He undertook post doctoral and clinical training in Hematology/Oncology and Endocrinology and continued research at Harvard University and served as Clinical fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Major contributions are to the area of cell-cycle control and targeted cancer therapies. These include the discovery that cyclins are direct transcriptional targets of oncogenic and tumor suppressor signals and that cyclin expression is rate-limiting for oncogene-induced tumor growth in vivo. His laboratory pioneered the application of tissue-specific inducible transgenics and the development of gene-targeted and transgenic mice providing superior model of human cancer. His patent of light activated gene therapy, which allows single cell targeting of a payload, is broad including all genes in the human genome.


Rahman, S.M. Ziaur 
Phone: 215-503-9043
Email: zrahman@mail.jci.tju.edu


Rall, Ph.D., Glenn F.
Phone: 215-728-3617
Email: glenn.rall@fccc.edu


Rodeck, M.D., Ulrich 
Phone: 215-503-5622
Email: Ulrich.Rodeck@mail.jci.tju.edu


Root, M.D., Ph.D., Michael 
Phone: 215-503-4564
Email: mroot@mail.jci.tju.edu

M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 1997. Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1997. Structure and function of glycoproteins involved in viral and cell-cell membrane fusion; design of viral entry inhibitors and immunogens for vaccine development.


Rostami, Abdolmohamad 
Phone: 215-955-1234
Email: A.M.Rostami@jefferson.edu

My research focuses on...

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that affects over 400,000 Americans and over 2 million worldwide. My research focuses on the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis using the animal model of this disease, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). At the present, we are focusing on three main areas:

1) The role of IL-12/IL-17/IL-23 axis in the pathogenesis of EAE and multiple sclerosis.

2) The effect of the Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor on the course of EAE. This study has the potential to provide a novel, safe, and effective therapy for multiple sclerosis.

3) Mechanisms of intravenous tolerance in EAE.


Sato, M.D., Ph.D., Takami 
Phone: (215) 955-8875
Email: Takami.Sato@mail.tju.edu


Schnell, Ph.D., Matthias J.
Phone: 215-503-4634
Email: Matthias.Schnell@jefferson.edu

Research Interests: viral pathogenesis, HIV-1, and vaccines development


Scott, Ph.D., Charles P.
Phone: 215-503-4569
Email: cscott@mail.jci.tju.edu

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1997. Combinatorial drug discovery; rational drug design; chemical genomics of host-pathogen interactions and cancer; mechanism of drug and hormone resistance in breast cancer; mechanism of TCL1 oncogene in CLL.


Sigal, Luis 


Siracusa, Ph.D., Linda D.
Phone: 215-503-4536
Email: Siracusa@mail.jci.tju.edu

Molecular genetics and biology of hair and skin development and disease processes; identification and characterization of cancer susceptibility genes.


Snyder, Ph.D., Christopher M.
Phone: 215-503-2543
Email: Christopher.Snyder@jefferson.edu


Strayer, M.D., Ph.D., David S.
Phone: (215) 503-1087
Email: David.Strayer@jefferson.edu

Aids; Bioterrorism; Botulinum Toxin; Cell Biology; Cell Growth Regulation; Complementary Dna; Dna Footprinting; Gene Expression; Gene Induction Repression; Gene Therapy; Genetic Promoter Element; Genetics; Molecular Cloning; Nucleic Acid Sequence; Poxviruses; Site Directed Mutagenesis; Sv40; Tissue Cell Culture; Transcription Factor; Transfection; Tumor Suppressor Gene; Viral Genetics; Virology


Sykulev, M.D., Ph.D, Yuri K.
Phone: 215-503-4530
Email: ysykulev@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Immunobiology of cytotoxic lymphocytes


Taraschi, Ph.D., Theodore F.
Phone: (215) 503-5020
Email: Theodore.Taraschi@jefferson.edu

Ph.D., Rutgers University, Chemistry, 1980. Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology. Program Director, Cell & Developmental Biology Program

Areas of research include:
1) Elucidation of parasite protein trafficking pathways from intracellular parasites to the erythrocyte cytosol and host cell membrane.
2) Determinantion of the mechanism of hemoglobin uptake and transport by intraerythrocytic parasites.
3) Characterization of parasite DNA repair pathways (e.g. base excision and mismatch repair). Continued identification of the cellular components of these trafficking pathways to gain a better understanding of transport mechanisms in malaria-infected erythrocytes.


Wagner, M.D., John L.
Phone: 215-955-1384
Email: john.l.wagner@mail.tju.edu


Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., Scott A.
Phone: (215) 955-6086
Email: Scott.Waldman@jefferson.edu

Professor; Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson, 1980; M.D., Stanford, 1987. Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction, with emphasis on receptor-effector coupling and post-receptor signaling mechanisms; molecular mechanisms underlying tissue-specific transcriptional regulation; translation of molecular signaling mechanisms to novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with cancer.


Wiest, Ph.D., David L
Phone: 215-728-2966
Email: DL_Wiest@FCCC.edu


Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Hui 
Phone: 215-503-0163
Email: Hui.Zhang@jefferson.edu


Zhang, Ph.D., Jianke 
Phone: 215-503-4559
Email: jzhang@mail.jci.tju.edu





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