Yale School of Medicine

Molecular Virology

Molecular Virology

Department of Genetics
Sterling Hall of Medicine, I-141
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Tel: 203-785-2679
Fax: 203-785-6765
daniel.dimaio@yale.edu

Virology laboratories

Sidney Altman, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology
Viral RNA processing
sidney.altman@yale.edu
http://www.biology.yale.edu/facultystaff/altman.html

Karen Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology
Anti-viral agents
karen.anderson@yale.edu
http://info.med.yale.edu/pharm/anderson/index_files/Page505.htm

Warren Andiman, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical virology
warren.andiman@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/pediat/faculty/andiman.html

Janet Brandsma, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine
Viral vaccines; Papillomaviruses
janet.brandsma@yale.edu
http://myprofile.cos.com/brandsmj83

Yung-Chi Cheng, Ph.D., Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology
Anti-viral agents
yccheng@yale.edu
http://info.med.yale.edu/pharm/faculty/index.php?bioID=6

Susan Compton, Ph.D.
Rodent virus pathogenesis and detection
susan.compton@yale.edu
http://myprofile.cos.com/comptons43

Peter Cresswell, Ph.D., Professor of Immunobiology
Viral Immunity
peter.cresswell@yale.edu
http://www.cellbiology.yale.edu/faculty/cresswell_p/cresswell_p.html

Daniel DiMaio, M.D., Ph.D., Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics
Tumor virology; Papillomaviruses
daniel.dimaio@yale.edu
http://info.med.yale.edu/genetics/dimaio/index.html

Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental
Biology; Plant virus replication and resistance
savithramma.dinesh-kumar@yale.edu
http://plantfunctionalgenomics.yale.edu/index.html

Erol Fikrig, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine
West Nile Virus
erol.fikrig@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/faculty/fikrig.html

Durland Fish, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Epidemiology and control of West Nile Virus and HIV infection
durland.fish@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/eph/faculty/fish.html

Frank Giordano, M.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Viral vectors
frank.giordano@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/faculty/giordano.html

Peter Glazer, M.D., Ph.D., Hunter Professor and Chairman of Therapeutic Radiology
Gene targeting to prevent HIV infection
peter.glazer@yale.edu
http://info.med.yale.edu/therarad/glazer/people.html

Martha Harding, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine
Animal models for hepatitis C virus
martha.harding@yale.edu
http://expertise.cos.com/cgi-bin/exp.cgi?id=1111867

Robert Heimer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
HIV transmission
robert.heimer@yale.edu
http://publichealth.yale.edu/faculty/heimer.html

Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Immunobiology
Mucosal immunology to viruses
akiko.iwasaki@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/immuno/fac_iwasaki.html

Susan Kaech, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Immunobiology
Adaptive immunity and immunological memory to viruses
susan.kaech@yale.edu
http:// www.med.yale.edu/immuno/fac_kaech.html

Jeffrey Kahn, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Respiratory viruses; Coronaviruses
jeffrey.kahn@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/pediat/faculty/kahn.html

Michael Kozal, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
HIV/AIDS
michael.kozal@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/faculty/kozal.html

Priti Kumar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Anti-viral Agents

priti.kumar@yale.edu

http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/faculty/kumar.html

Gary Kupfer, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology

Viral protein enhancement of cancer therapeutics

gary.kupfer@yale.edu

http://info.med.yale.edu/pediat/faculty/kupfer.html

Marie Landry, M.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Clinical virology
marie.landry@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/labmed/faculty/landrym.html

Brett Lindenbach, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Hepatitis C virus replication
brett.lindenbach@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/micropath/fac_lindenbach.html

Laura Manuelidis, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery
Chronic viral infections of the nervous system
laura.manuelidis@yale.edu

http://info.med.yale.edu/neurosci/faculty/manuelidis_main.html

Richard Martinello, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Pathogenic RNA viruses
richard.martinello@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/faculty/martinello.html

Robert Means, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology
Tumor virology; Herpesviruses
robert.means@yale.edu
http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/faculty/mea_ro.html

Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., Professor of Immunobiology
Innate antiviral immunity
ruslan.medzhitov@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/immuno/fac_medzhitov.html

I. George Miller, M.D., John F. Enders Professor of Pediatrics
Tumor virology; Herpesviruses
george.miller@yale.edu
http://www.mbb.yale.edu/faculty/pages/miller.html

Yorgo Modis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Virus structural biology
yorgo.modis@yale.edu
http://www.mbb.yale.edu/faculty/pages/modis.html

Walther Mothes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Viral entry and exit; Retroviruses including HIV
walther.mothes@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/micropath/fac_mothes.html

Anna Marie Pyle, Ph.D., William Edward Gilbert Professor of MBB
Mechanical function and structure of viral replication proteins
anna.pyle@yale.edu
http://www.mbb.yale.edu/faculty/pages/pyle.html

Michael Robek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology
Virus-host interactions; Hepatitis B virus
michael.robek@yale.edu
http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/faculty/rob_mi.html

John Rose, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology
Viral vaccines; Rhabdoviruses
john.rose@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/bbs/faculty/ros_jo.html

Alanna Schepartz, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, and Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Novel methods to inhibit HIV infection
Alanna.schepartz@yale.edu
http://www.chem.yale.edu/faculty/schepartz.html

Christian Schlieker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Protein quality control and its relation to viral pathogenesis
christian.schlieker@yale.edu
www.mbb.yale.edu/faculty/pages/schlieker

David Spiegel , M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Design of novel molecules that enhance the recognition of various pathogens, including viruses, by the human immune system
david.spiegel@yale.edu
http://www.spiegelgroup.yale.edu/

Joan Steitz, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Functions of viral small RNAs
joan.steitz@yale.edu
http://www.mbb.yale.edu/faculty/pages/steitzj.html

Thomas Steitz, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Structural biology of viral proteins

thomas.steitz@yale.edu
http://www.mbb.yale.edu/faculty/pages/steitzt.html

Richard Sutton, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

HIV vectors; HIV replication and gene transfer into non-dividing cells

richard.sutton@yale.edu

http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/faculty/sutton.html

Peter Tattersall, Ph.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Viral replication and vectors; Parvoviruses
peter.tattersall@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/labmed/faculty/tattersallp.html

Paul Turner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Viral evolution
paul.turner@yale.edu
http://www.yale.edu/eeb/turner/

Anthony Van den Pol, Ph.D., Professor of Neurosurgery
Viral vectors
anthony.vandenpol@yale.edu
http://www.med.yale.edu/neurosur/faculty/vandenpol.html

Yong Xiong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Structural Analysis of proteins involved in HIV replication and host defense
yong.xiong@yale.edu
http://www.csb.yale.edu/people/xiong/frontdoor.html