Immunology
Understanding the basis for immune system development, activation, and function is essential for the creation of new preventive and therapeutic strategies to improve health. The department is focusing its research and resources in the areas of neonatal immunology, T cell biology, mucosal immunology, and macrophage biology.
Related: Cornell Center for Immunology
Douglas Antczak, VMD, PhD
Professor of Equine Medicine at Baker Institute for Animal Health
Pregnancy immunology and placental development; equine genetics and genomic imprinting; equine immunology and infection
Avery August, PhD
Professor of Immunology and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Immune cell activation and signaling in development, response to infection and respiratory inflammation
Margaret Bynoe, PhD
Professor of Immunology
The molecular basis of antigen induced immune suppression and the modulation of the innate immune system response in immunity against cancer; the role of adenosine in immune and central nervous system barrier regulation
Sarah Caddy, MA VetMB Ph.D. DACVM MRCVS
Assistant Professor at Baker Institute for Animal Health (effective July 1, 2022)
Pamela Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Immunology
Identification of metabolites produced by the gut microbiota that regulate the host immune system and the development of chemical tools to modulate the immune response
Theodore Clark, PhD
Professor of Parasitology & Immunology
Vaccine Development; Mitochondrial Dynamics; Evolution of Antigen Presentation in teleost fish; Biology of the ciliated protozoa Tetrahymena and Ichthyophthirius
Anushka Dongre, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Deborah Fowell, PhD
Department Chair, Professor
Regulation of immunity at tissues sites of infection and inflammation, immune imaging, intravital multiphoton microscopy
Cynthia Leifer, PhD
Professor of Immunology
Understanding innate immunity from the inside out: Toll-like receptors, signaling, dendritic cells, and controlling microbial infection
Brian Rudd, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor of Immunology
Developmental immunology; host response to infection
David Russell, PhD
William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology
The biology of intracellular infection, with emphasis on Mycobacteria
Brian VanderVen, PhD
Associate Professor of Bacteriology
Physiology of the intracellular pathogen M. tuberculosis