Michael Malamy, PhD, Program Director - Virulence factors in Bacteroides fragilis 
Andrew Camilli, PhD - Molecular mechanisms of Vibrio and Streptococcus pathogenesis
John Coffin, PhD - Molecular mechanisms of retrovirus replication, pathogenesis and evolution
Ekaterina Heldwein, PhD - Structural and mechanistic studies of herpesvirus entry into host cells
Linden Hu, MD - Host - Pathogen interaction in Borrelia infections
Ralph Isberg, PhD - Molecular mechanisms of Yersinia and Legionella pathogenesis
Carol Kumamoto, PhD - Molecular mechanisms of Candida pathogenesis
John Leong, MD, PhD - Molecular mechanisms of host - bacterial interaction 
Joan Mecsas, PhD - Host - pathogen interaction in Yersina
Claire Moore, PhD - Mechanism and regulation of mRNA polyadenylation
Alexander Poltorak, PhD - Genetics of innate immunity
Naomi Rosenberg, PhD** - Retroviral oncogenesis
Brian Schaffhausen, PhD - Mechanism of neoplastic transformation
Abraham L. Sonenshein, PhD* - Sporulation mechanisms in Bacillus subtilis and Clostridium difficile
Honorine Ward, MBBS - Pathogenesis of Cryptosporidium species
Andrew Wright, PhD* - DNA replication and chromosome segregation in E coli
* These faculty are active in teaching and educational aspects of the program and are available for laboratory rotations but no longer accept dissertation students.
** These faculty are active in teaching and educational aspects of the program, but no longer accept dissertation students.