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Stephen Beverley
 Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Molecular Microbiology

Beverley is an international leader in the development of genetic and molecular tools for studying human parasites. He has put those innovations to use in extensive studies of Leismania major, a parasite that infects approximately 12 million people worldwide, causing significant death and disfigurement. ...

Expertise: Molecular genetics of protozoan parasites; genomics, virulence and drug resistance; leishmania, leishmaniasis

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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Richard Chole
 Lindburg Professor and head of otolaryngology

Chole is known for developing the oto-endoscopic camera and a prosthetic device that functions as a replacement for middle ear bones damaged by injury or infection. His current research aims to understand the mechanisms which are operant in the pathophysiology of inflammatory osteolysis in the middle ...

Expertise: bacteriology, bone biology, inflammation, hearing, signal transduction

Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu

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David Clifford
 Melba and Forest Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology in Neurology

Clifford, who is director of the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is a leading expert on the neurological complications of AIDS and their treatment and management. He has also participated in studies of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Clifford is involved ...

Expertise: Neuropharmacology, HIV, AIDS, AIDS-related dementia, peripheral neuropathy, leukoencephalopathy, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, …

Media assistance: (314) 286-0126 / pattoner@wustl.edu

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Michael Diamond
 Assistant professor of molecular microbiology

Diamond is an expert in the effects of West Nile Virus (WNV) and other mosquito-borne viruses on the human immune and nervous systems. He uses mouse models to study the viruses' ability to infect the central nervous system and has identified genetic factors that can increase the chances a WNV infection ...

Expertise: Dengue, West Nile Virus, West Nile encephalitis, vaccine, vaccination, immunity, hemorrhagic fever, …

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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Samuel Stanley
 Director of the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research

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Stanley directs the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (MRCE), funded by a $35 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The center's mission is to support basic and translational research in critical areas ...

Expertise: biodefense, infectious diseases

Media assistance: (314) 935-5217 / joeangeles@wustl.edu

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Bradley P. Stoner
 Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology in Arts and Sciences

Dr. Stoner, who joined the Infectious Disease division in 1995, holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences. He studied anthropology at Harvard University and McGill University, and received the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University. He completed residency ...

Expertise: anthropology, public health, medicine, sexually transmitted diseases, biomedicine, medical anthropology, anthropology of public health, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-5673
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