Meet the Team

Director

Daniel Hoft, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Director, Center for Vaccine Development
Director, Institute for Vaccine Science and Policy
Adorjan Endowed Chair of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Principal Investigators

Getahun Abate, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate professor
Department of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Robert Belshe, M.D.
Founder of Center for Vaccine Development
Professor emeritus
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Sharon Frey, M.D.
Professor emeritus
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology 

Sarah George, M.D.
Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Geoffrey Gorse, M.D.
Professor emeritus
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Irene Graham, M.D.
Adjunct professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Rong Hou, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Brett Jagger, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Jianguo Liu, Ph.D.
Professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Zacharoula Oikonomopoulou, M.D.
Assistant professor of pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Ranjit Ray, Ph.D.
Professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Rama Krishna Vankayalapati, Ph.D.
Professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Research Faculty

Azra Blazevic, D.V.M.
Associate professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Christopher Eickhoff
Associate research professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Mei Xia, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant research professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Rajesh Kumar Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
Assistant research professor of internal medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology 

Research Staff

Kathy Chirco
Research nurse

Shirley Dettlebach
Research nurse and coordinator

Sabrina DiPiazza
Research nurse practitioner and recruitment

Stan Doublin
Data coordinator II-research

Eric Eggemeyer
Coordinator, clinical research and reception

Linda Eggemeyer-Sharpe
Research nurse and coordinator

Lauren Foreman
Research nurse and coordinator

Kathleen Heck
Research nurse

Ryan Kerr
Research nurse and coordinator

Katie Liefer.
Research nurse and coordinator

Tracy Montauk
Research nurse and coordinator

Karla Mosby
Nurse supervisor

Nicole Purcell
Research assistant

Jenifer Schilpzand
Research nurse

Joan Siegner
Research nurse and coordinator

Jan Tennant
Research nurse and coordinator

Regulatory Affairs Professionals

Carol Duane, Ph.D.
Director of Regulatory Affairs 

Kiana Wilder
Clinical research regulatory assistant

Laboratory Staff

Chase Colbert
Research assistant 

Lainey Mejia-Jauregui
Research technician

Keith Meyer
Staff scientist II

Krystal Meza
Senior research assistant

Huan Ning, M.D.
Staff scientist

Yinyi Yu
Senior research assistant 

Amar Mahata, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow

Octavio Ramos Espinosa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow

Dhemerson Souza de Lima, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow

Yuki Haga, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow

Sydney Coates
Research assistant

Solia Sukupolvi-Perry
Senior research assistant

Abhinav Vankayalapati, M.D.
Postdoctoral fellow

Padmaja Paidipally
Staff scientist II

Pharmacy

Michelle Harris, Pharm.D.
Research pharmacist

Lisa Presley, Pharm.D.
Research pharmacist