Basic research initiatives are important for the understanding and treatment of infectious diseases.
Researchers in the Duke Division of Infectious Diseases work to discover the mysteries surrounding infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV, and other viral diseases.
There are many basic research tracks that students or other researchers can pursue alongside current investigators. The following table introduces the basic research initiatives and the investigators associated with each initiative.
Basic Research Initiatives
Bacterial pathogenesis
- Vance Fowler, MD, MHS
- Stacey Maskarinec, MD, PhD
- Joshua Thaden, MD, PhD
- Nick Turner, MD
- Christopher Woods, MD, MPH
- Joshua Parsons, MD
Molecular mycology and fungal pathogenesis
- Barbara Alexander, MD, MHS
- Andrew Alspaugh, MD
- Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD
- Melissa Johnson, PharmD, MHS
- Thuy Le, MD, PhD
- Jennifer Lodge, PhD
- Julia Messina, MD
- John Perfect, MD
- Ilan Schwartz, MD, PhD
- Julie Steinbrink, MD, MHS
- Jenny Tenor, PhD
- Dena Toffaletti, PhD
- Mycobacterial genetics
- Richard Frothingham, MD, FACP
Malaria Studies
- Wendy O'Meara, PhD
- Steve Taylor, MD, MPH
Viral pathogenesis
- Micah McClain, MD, PhD
- Christopher Woods, MD, MPH
- Julie Steinbrink, MD, MHS
HIV pathogenesis and immunology
- Christopher Beyrer, MD
- Maria Blasi, PhD
- Mary Klotman, MD
- Mehri McKellar, MD
Clinical Microbiology
- Barbara Alexander, MD, MHS
- Diana Alame, MD, MBE
- Mark Lee, PhD
- Ran Zhuo, PhD
- Alex Jaramillo Cartagena, PhD
- Maria Joyce, MD- VA