BMID Mentor Team

To-Do content list for Dr. Bloom:

1. Header image!
2. Description of the training program’s scope
3. Description of how mentors are selected to join the mentor team…why their specific research complements the training program’s scope
4. Outline expectations of mentor-mentee relationship. How mentors are encouraged to attend mentor academy, how the IDP works, how mentor-mentee interaction is structured

Mentor's Picture	Mentor's Name & Degree	Mentor's Department and College	Mentor's Research Interests
	Jacqueline Abranches, PhD	Oral Biology, Dentistry	Bacterial pathogenesis, streptococcal interactions with the cardiovascular system
	Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medicine	Structural studies of ssDNA viruses, Parvoviridae, Geminiviridae, microviridae and circovirdae
	Dorina Avram, PhD	Anatomy & Cell Biology, Medicine	Immune regulation at mucosal sites
	Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, PhD	Pediatrics, Medicine
	David Bloom, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Medicine	Molecular basis of pathogenesis of the herpes viruses, and application of these pathogenic concepts to the development of HSV as a gene therapy vector
	Ashley Brown, PhD	Medicine, Medicine	Antivirals and pharmacodynamics
	Robert Burne, PhD	Oral Biology, Dentistry	Bacterial pathogenesis, bioflims, environmental regulation of virulence gene expression, global regulators of genes in bacteria
	Josephine Clark-Curtiss, PhD	Hospital Medicine, Medicine
	Roy Curtiss III, PhD	Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Veterinary Medicine	Design, construct & evaluate recombinant bacterial vaccines to induce mucosal, systemic & cellular immunities
	Yehia Daaka, PhD	Anatomy & Cell Biology, Medicine	Understanding biological roles of G protein-coupled & androgen receptors that instruct embryonic development & continue to function in adulthood
	Mary Davey, PhD	Oral Biology, Dentistry	Microbial genetics & biofilms, inter-species (P. gingivalis & oral streptococci) & host-microbe interactions
	Rhoel Dinglasan, PhD	Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Veterinary Medicine
	John Driver, PhD	Animal Sciences, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences	Type 1 Diabetes, immunology, NKT cells, nutrition, autoimmunity, insulin producing pancreatic beta cells
	George Drusano, PhD	Hospital Medicine, Medicine
	Jorge Frias-Lopez, PhD	Oral Biology, Dentistry	Applying metatranscriptomic analysis to a polymicrobial disease model to explore the role of microbial communities in human health & disease
	Frank Gibson, PhD	Oral Biology, Dentistry	Define innate & inflammatory mechanisms which control oral disease pathogenesis
	Christian Jobin, PhD	Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Medicine	Establishing mechanisms controlling host-bacteria interaction in the intestine
	Stephanie Karst, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Medicine	Determinants of Murine Norovirus pathogenesis and basis of protective immunity
	Jose Lemos PhD	Oral Biology, Dentistry	Virulence mechanisms of the Gram-positive pathogens
	Alfred Lewin, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Medicine	RNA-mediated gene therapy; retinal disease; RNA catalysis
	Anthony Maurelli, PhD	Environmental & Global Health, Public Health & Health Professions
	Robert McKenna, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medicine
	David Pascual, PhD	Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Veterinary Medicine	Mucosal immunology & vaccines
	Rolf Renne, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Medicine	Studies on latent DNA replication and long-term episomal maintenance of KSHV/HHV-8
	Herbert Schweizer, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Medicine
	Scott Tibbetts, PhD	Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Medicine	Gamma herpes virus pathogenesis and immunity
	Zsolt Toth, PhD	Oral Biology, Dentistry
	Liang Zhou, PhD	Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Veterinary Medicine	Transcriptional regulation of intestinal immune responses