Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
University of Calgary
Primary Members
Glen D. Armstrong, PhD Professor & Head Member , Bacterial Pathogenesis Research Group Associate Member, Infectious Diseases Research Group Studies on how pathogenic microbes or their toxins identify and exploit host cell receptors and how to use this information in developing superior anti-infective drugs Potential Graduate Supervisor |
Kris Chadee, PhD  Professor Chair, Gastrointestinal Research Group Associate Member, Bacterial Pathogenesis Research Group Biochemical and immunological methods to study Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite that affects one percent of the world's population. Potential Graduate Supervisor |
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Rebekah DeVinney, PhD Cellular Microbiology: E. coli O157:H7 and Vibrio parahaemolyticus interactions with intestinal epithelial cells Potential Graduate Supervisor |
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Steven Drews, PhD Clinical microbiology; virulence factors; antibiotics action and resistance; molecular diagnostics; pandemic influenza preparedness; respiratory viral infections; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; viral isolation and detection.
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May Ho, MD Cytoadherence, the process by which Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IRBC) adhere to vascular endothelium, malaria, adhesion molecules, immunoregulation, pathogenesis |
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Taj Jadavji, MD Physician-patient communication, trends in antibiotic resistance, emerging pathogens, Kawasaki Disease - typical and atypical, post-graduate education, international health |
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Shawn Lewenza, PhD Microbial pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Understanding the process of biofilm formation and inhibition. Virulence gene regulation and environmental sensing. Potential Graduate Supervisor |
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Marie Louie, MD
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Pere Santamaria, MD, PhD Immunogenetics, autoimmunity, type 1 diabetes, T-cells, T-cell receptor, T-cell tolerance, T-cell receptor transgenic mice, human - leukocyte antigen polymorphism Potential Graduate Supervisor |
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Anthony Schryvers, MD, PhD Biochemistry, medical microbiology, bacteriology, infectious diseases, meningitis, iron acquisition receptors, receptor-ligand interactions Potential Graduate Supervisor |
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Yan Shi, MD, PhD Endogenous adjuvants and their uses Potential Graduate Supervisor |
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Pamela Sokol, PhD Siderophore-mediate iron transport systems, regulation of bacterial virulence factors, vaccine development, quorum sensing Potential Graduate Supervisor |
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Raymond Tellier, MD, MSc, FRCPC Pandemic preparedness, investigating methods of early detection of H5N1 mutants with change in receptor affinity that could be a precursor to a pandemic strain. |
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Guido van Marle, PhD Viral diversity and pathogenesis Potential Graduate Supervisor |
