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.

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	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 PhD DACVM FRCVS Assistant Professor at Baker Institute for Animal Health
	Pamela Chang, PhD  Associate 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
	Andrew Flyak, PhD Assistant Professor
	Deborah Fowell, PhD Department Chair, Professor Regulation of immunity at tissues sites of infection and inflammation, immune imaging, intravital multiphoton microscopy
	Colleen M. Lau, PhD Assistant Professor
	Gary Koretzky, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
	Cynthia Leifer, PhD Professor of Immunology Understanding innate immunity from the inside out: Toll-like receptors, signaling, dendritic cells, and controlling microbial infection
	Mandy McGeachy, PhD Associate Professor
	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