The division's research activities are conducted by faculty with primary appointments in the Division of Infectious Diseases, as well as faculty in the Departments of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, Microbiology, and Pathology.

Division of Infectious Diseases Faculty

• Judith Aberg, M.D.: HIV clinical trials and translational research
  

• Niaz Banaiee, M.D.: Molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis; regulation of gene expression in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Martin J. Blaser, M.D.: The biology and evolution of persistent bacterial pathogens, especially Helicobacter pylori; mechanisms of recombination and evolution in Campylobacter species; Blaser Lab Group

• Demetre Daskalakis, M.D: HIV primary infection; HIV prevention

• Joel D. Ernst, M.D.: Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and pathogenesis of tuberculosis

• Nicole Iovine, M.D., Ph.D.: Reactive nitrogen intermediates in immunity to Campylobacter jejuni; member of Blaser Lab Group

• Guillermo Perez-Perez, D. Sc., M.Sc.: Epidemiology and transmission of Helicobacter pylori and its association with gastric cancer; member of Blaser Lab Group

• Zhiheng Pei, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.: The discovery and characterization of unconventional bacterial pathogens; member of Blaser Lab Group

• Sumathi Sivapalasingam, M.D.: International HIV; interactions of HIV and other infections in the developing world

• Fred Valentine, M.D: Immunologic determinants of viral replication in primary HIV infection

Faculty in Other NYU Departments

• Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D. (Pathology): Dendritic cells in immunity; dendritic cell-based vaccines against HIV and hepatitis C

• Page Caufield, D.D.S., Ph.D. (School of Dentistry): Endogenous bacterial flora of humans

• Andrew Darwin, Ph.D. (Microbiology): Molecular biology of Yersinia –

• K. Heran Darwin, Ph.D. (Microbiology): Reactive nitrogen resistance and the mycobacterial proteasome

• Karen Day, Ph.D. (Parasitology): Population genetics of parasite and host in malaria

• Andreas Diefenbach, M.D., Ph.D. (Pathology): Natural killer cell activating receptors and innate immunity

• Daniel Eichinger, Ph.D. (Parasitology): Trophozoite-cyst differentiation in Entamoeba histolytica

• David Levy, Ph.D. (Pathology): Interferon signalling, regulation of interferon induction, and innate immunity

• Elizabeth Nardin, Ph.D. (Parasitology): Malaria vaccine development

• Richard Novick, M.D. (Microbiology): Molecular pathogenesis of staphylococcal infections; molecular genetics of Staphylococcus

• Jayne Raper, Ph.D. (Parasitology): Innate immunity against Trypanosoma brucei –

• Ana Rodriguez, Ph.D. (Parasitology): Evasion of immunity by malaria parasites

• Robert Schneider, Ph.D. (Microbiology): Molecular biology of hepatitis B

• Photini Sinnis, M.D. (Parasitology): Mechanisms of malaria sporozoite cell invasion and trafficking

• Angus Wilson, Ph.D. (Microbiology): Mechanisms of latency and cell transformation by human herpesvirus 8

• Susan Zolla-Pazner, Ph.D. (Pathology): Antigenic variation and humoral immunity to HIV