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

[scao at umd.edu]                        [Homepage]

Dr. Dalit Strauss-Ayali

Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD: School of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Research interests:Characterization of monocytes subpopulations during Leishmania infection.

[strauss at umd.edu]                        [Homepage]

Students

Sean M. Conrad

Present Position: Graduate Student, PhD Candidate

Undergraduate: Duquesne University, B.S. Microbiology  (2001) (Pete Castric’s Lab)

Research interests: Chemokine production during Leishmania infection

[smc at umd.edu]                         [Homepage]

Ann E. Field

Present Position: Graduate Student, PhD Candidate

Previous Position: Sr. Laboratory Technician, John Hopkins University (Paula Pitha's lab)

Undergraduate: University of Illinois, B.S. (2001) Cell Biology

Research interests: Innate immune responses to Leishmania

[afield at umd.edu]                         [Homepage]

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

[zyang1 at umd.edu]                         [Homepage]

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

[ryahil at umd.edu]                         [Homepage]

Melba Munoz Roldan

Present Position: Graduate Student

Previous Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Research interests: Immune responses to Leishmania.  Macrophage cytokine induction by immune complex.

[melmunoz at umd.edu]                    [Homepage]

Former Researchers:

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

Dona C. Love - PhD    Staff Scientist, NIH

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

Fayyas Sutterwala - MD, PhD     Fellow, Yale University Medical School

Tricia Darrah - PhD       Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH

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

Margaret Kane - PhD    Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH

Gang Chen - PhD     Group leader, Astra Zeneca

Chuck Anderson - PhD     Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH

Suzanne A. Miles - PhD