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Carl Atkinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Immunology, Innate immunity, complement, transplantation, lung disease, cigarette smoke.

         
Beichu Guo

Beichu Guo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Molecular and cellular mechanisms for the therapeutic efficacy of type I interferon (IFN) in cancer and autoimmune diseases.

        
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Azizul Haque, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

HLA class II, lymphoma, melanoma, glioblastoma, prostate cancer, T cells, autoimmunity.

 
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Christina (Voelkel-)Johnson, M.S. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Cell death, sphingolipids, oxidative stress, gene delivery.

 
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Laura Kasman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Graduate Studies Coordinator for Microbiology and Immunology

 
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Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor & Chairman

Cancer immunotherapy, innate immunity, tolerance, stem cell biology.


           
Bei Liu

Bei Liu, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor

Cancer immunotherapy, stem cell-based cancer vaccine and innate immunity.

                
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Xiang Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Sphingolipids, acid ceramidase, ceramide, cancer and cancer therapy.

 
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Harold May, Ph.D.

Professor

Environmental microbiology, microbial physiology, microbial electrochemistry, bioenergy and bioremediation.

       
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James S. Norris, Ph.D.
Professor

Sphingolipids, pancreatic/prostate cancer, acid ceramidase, mitochondriotropic ceramides, lysomotropic acid ceramidase inhibitors.

       
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Janardan Pandey, Ph.D
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Professor

Allotypes, Fcgamma receptor genes, ADCC, humoral immunity.

 
Chrystal Paulos, PhD

Chrystal Paulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Novel T-cell immunotherapies for patients with advanced cancer.

              
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Michael Schmidt, Ph.D.

Professor and Vice Chairman
Director, Office of Special Programs

Nosocomial infection control, biosafety.

 
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Natalie Sutkowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Human endogenous retroviruses, herpesviruses,
superantigens, human monoclonals and cancer.

 
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Stephen Tomlinson, Ph.D.
Professor
and Vice Chair for Research & Faculty Development

Complement inhibitors in inflammatory and
malignant disease.

           
Chentha Vasu, PhD

Chenthamarakshan Vasu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


T cell tolerance, mucosal immunity, targeted therapies for autoimmunity, transplant rejection and tumors.

              
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Gabriel Virella, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor

Immunology of atherosclerosis.

 
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Cynthia F. Wright Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Viral gene expression and virus host interactions.

        
Jennifer Wu, PhD

Jennifer D. Wu, Ph. D.
Associate Professor

Immune editing and inflammation in cancer.

               
Joint Faculty Members
Narendra Banik, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Neurosciences
           
Gene Burges, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Dermatology
          

Kenneth Chavin, MD, PhD
Professor
Surgery

                 

David Cole, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Surgery

             

Maurizio Del Poeta, MD
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

            
Sebastiano Gattoni-Celli, MD
Professor
Radiation Oncology
            

Gary Gilkeson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine Research

                
Joseph John
          
J. Michael Kilby, MD
Professor of Medicine
            

Keith Kirkwood, DDS, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Associate Professor and Chair,
Craniofacial Biology

              
Margaret Markiewicz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
            
Mark Rubinstein, PhD
Assistant Professor
Surgery
          
Sally Self, MD
Professor
Pathology and Lab Medicine
         

Caroline Westwater, PhD
Assistant Professor
Craniofacial Biology

           

Rita Young, PhD
Professor
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

                     
Yong-Mei Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
              

Emeritus Professors

Edward Balish, Ph.D.
Armand Glassman, M.D.
Tom Higerd, Ph.D.
Gary Paddock, Ph.D.

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Dr. Stephen Tomlinson named Vice Chair for Research & Faculty Development

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology at MUSC

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MSC 504, Room 203
Charleston, SC 29425

Phone: (843)792-7742
Fax: (843)792-2464