Themes / Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases

A process caused by an agent, often a type of microorganism, that impairs a person’s health.

Infectious Diseases Research Team

Anil Shanker, PhD

Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, Professor
Meharry Medical College
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6460
VP-Research@mmc.edu

Bindong Liu, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6877
bliu@mmc.edu

Byeongwoon Song, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6698
bsong@mmc.edu

Chandravanu Dash, PhD, MSc

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Carlos Virgous, Master of Laboratory Animal Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research

(615) 327-6070
cvirgous@mmc.edu

Donald Alcendor, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Tennessee Area Health Education Centers Program

(615) 327-6449
dalcendor@mmc.edu

Dana Marshall, MS, PhD, FSSCI

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6549
dmarshall@mmc.edu

James Cade, DDS, FACD, DABOM, FAAOMP

Associate Professor
School of Dentistry

(615) 327-6360
jcade@mmc.edu

Julie Gray, DDS, MA

Assistant Professor
School of Dentistry
Center for Health Policy, Center for the Study of Social Determinants of Health, Center for Educational Development & Support, Data Science Institute, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-6076
jgray@mmc.edu

Keisha Ashmeade, FNP-BC, EdD

School of Graduate Studies and Research
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Health Policy

(615) 327-5773
kashmeade@mmc.edu

Minu Chaudhuri, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-5726
mchaudhuri@mmc.edu

Mohammad Tabatabai, PHD, MSStat, MSEcon

Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research
National Center for Medical Education Development & Research

(615) 327-6622
mtabatabai@mmc.edu

Pandu Gangula, PhD

Professor
School of Dentistry
Center for Women's Health Research, Data Science Institute, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6511
Pgangula@mmc.edu

PIUS NDE, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6997
pnde@mmc.edu

Waldemar Popik, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6734
wpopik@mmc.edu

Xinhong Dong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6464
xdong@mmc.edu

Infectious Diseases Team Publications

Phase II Study of Immunotherapy With Tecemotide and Bevacizumab After Chemoradiation in Patients With Unresectable Stage III Non-Squamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NS-NSCLC): A Trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (E6508).
Patel JD, Lee JW, Carbone DP, Wagner H, Shanker A, de Aquino MTP, Horn L, Johnson ML, Gerber DE, Liu JJ, Das MS, Al-Nsour MA, Dakhil CSR, Ramalingam S, Schiller JH

Porphyromonas gingivalis infection alters Nrf2-Phase II enzymes and nitric oxide in primary human aortic endothelial cells.
Sampath C, Okoro EU, Gipson MJ, Chukkapalli SS, Farmer-Dixon CM, Gangula PR

Dysregulation of Endothelin-1: Implications for Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease.
Alcendor DJ

Novel IM-associated protein Tim54 plays a role in the mitochondrial import of internal signal-containing proteins in Trypanosoma brucei.
Singha UK, Tripathi A, Smith JT Jr, Quinones L, Saha A, Singha T, Chaudhuri M

Inhibition of GSK-3β restores delayed gastric emptying in obesity-induced diabetic female mice.
Sampath C, Srinivasan S, Freeman ML, Gangula PR

Cytotrophoblasts suppress macrophage-mediated inflammation through a contact-dependent mechanism.
Eastman AJ, Vrana EN, Grimaldo MT, Jones AD, Rogers LM, Alcendor DJ, Aronoff DM