Faculty

Research  Professors

Dr. Xia Zhang

Present Position: Research Assistant Professor

Previous Position: Visiting Fellow NCI-NIH, Frederick MD

PhD: Queens University of Canada, Biochemistry

Research interests: MAPK activation and chromatin remodeling

[xiazhang at umd.edu]                   [Homepage]

Dr. Shanjin Cao

Present Position: Research Assistant Professor

Previous Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY

PhD: Beijing Medical University, Beijing

Research interests: The molecular regulation of IL-10 transcription

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Dr. Ricardo Goncalves

Present Position: Faculty Research Associate-Postdoctoral Fellow

Previous Position: Coordinator of Veterinary Medicine Course and Director of Veterinary Teaching Hospital - FEAD University – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Assistant Professor of General Pathology – Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
PhD: School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil and MSc: Veterinary School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Research interests: Characterization of monocytes subpopulations during Leishmania spp. infection.

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Students

Bryan Fleming

Present Position: Graduate Student, PhD Candidate

Previous Position: Assistant Research Scientist, LeukoSight, Inc.

Undergraduate: University of Maryland, College Park 2006; BS in Microbiology

Research interests: Characterization of the tumor associated macrophage (TAM) and identification of various biomarkers

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Trinity Perry

Present Position: Graduate Student, PhD Candidate

Previous Position:

Undergraduate:

Research interests:

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Ziyan Yang

Present Position: Graduate Student

Previous Position: Visiting Fellow, Chiba University (2004)

Undergraduate: MSc:  Shandong Medical University (2000, 2003)

Research interests: Leishmania and host defense

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Ron Yahil

Present Position: Graduate Student

Previous Position: Research Technician at the Wistar Institute (2001-04) (Ellen Pure's lab)

Undergraduate: Reed College, B.A. (2000) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research interests: Immune complex driven IL-10 production by macrophages and DC

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Paul Gallo

Present Position: Undergraduate Student

Previous Position:

Research interests:

Former Researchers:

Mary K. Hondalus - DVM, PhD   Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

Dona C. Love - PhD    Staff Scientist, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Andy Brittingham - PhD    Assistant Professor, Des Moines School Osteopathic Medicine

Fayyas Sutterwala - MD, PhD     Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

Tricia Darrah - PhD       Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Jeff Gerber - MD, PhD    Postdoctoral Fellow, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania

Margaret Kane - PhD    Staff Scientist, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Gang Chen - PhD     Group leader, Astra Zeneca, Delaware

Chuck Anderson - PhD     Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Suzanne A. Miles - PhD    Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Justin P. Edwards- PhD    Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Ann E. Field- PhD   Regulatory Scientist, Cato Research, Ltd.

Sean Conrad- PhD  Law offices of K & L Gates