Our faculty are heavily involved in research and mentoring. Details of basic science and clinical translational science are on our Research page.
Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD
Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology; Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
- Phone: 314-747-8058
- Email: philips.j.a@nospam.wustl.edu
Dr. Philips is principal investigator of an NIH-funded lab that studies how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades the host immune response.
Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD
Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Medicine, Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Email: trautner@nospam.wustl.edu
Dr. Trautner’s research focuses on diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship, particularly for urinary tract infections (UTIs). She has led trials to disseminate successful antibiotic stewardship interventions, improve the diagnosis and treatment of UTIs in men, develop bacteriophage therapy for UTIs in individuals with spinal cord injuries, and to reduce overdiagnosis of catheter-associated UTI.
Donald L Hong, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: dlhong@wustl.edu
Dr. Hong specializes in HIV and STI care, HIV prevention, and public health, with a special focus on outpatient HIV care, HIV PrEP implementation, inpatient outcomes for syphilis treatment, and community education regarding STI diagnosis and treatment.
Kevin Hsueh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8224
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: khsueh@wustl.edu
Dr. Hsueh specializes in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, with special focus on practical design and implementation of healthcare quality and safety improvement interventions.
Eva Istvan, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-4780
- Email: istvan@wustl.edu
Dr. Istvan specializes in the biochemistry of Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly malaria parasites of humans.
Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD
Professor of Medicine
- Email: ijuliet@wustl.edu
A passionate advocate for health equity and sustainability, Dr. Iwelunmor is widely regarded for understanding how to make evidence-based interventions last, reshaping the focus on community engagement using participatory research, improving the dissemination of health information, while amplifying the voices of young people in health interventions.
Nigar Kirmani, MD
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8214
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: nkirmani@wustl.edu
Javan Kisaka, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-8838
- Email: javan@wustl.edu
Dr. Kisaka specializes in cell, structural and molecular microbiology and currently works in the Kyei Lab.
Dmitri Kotov, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: kotov@wustl.edu
Dr. Kotov’s research expands on the theme of innate immune exacerbation of tuberculosis disease by continuing to study the role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells during infection and identifying additional mechanisms by which neutrophils and macrophages inhibit product responses against Mtb.
George B. Kyei, MD, MPhil, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: gkyei@wustl.edu
Dr. Kyei specializes in HIV basic and translational research, with a special focus on viral latency and reactivation specifically: (i) characterization of factors that control HIV replication in macrophages, dendritic and resting T cells and (ii) identification of cellular factors and small molecules required for HIV reactivation in latently infected cell and (iii) perspectives of HIV patients on HIV cure.
Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8225
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: slawrenc@wustl.edu
Dr. Lawrence’s research interests focus on the human immune response to viral infections and vaccines, the epidemiology of infections in solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients, and public health preparedness for pandemic COVID-19, Delta and other variants, pandemic influenza and bioterrorism events.
Daisy W. Leung, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Phone: 314-286-0645
- Email: dwleung@wustl.edu
The Leung Lab is focused on developing a mechanistic understanding of host-pathogen interactions that contribute to viral pathogenesis through immune evasion.