Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests

Thomas C. Bailey, MD

Thomas C. Bailey, MD

Professor of Medicine

Research Interest: Information technology to improve healthcare quality.

Pallavi Chandra, PhD

Pallavi Chandra, PhD

Instructor in Medicine

Dr. Chandra specializes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis, with a special focus on immunometabolism. In recent work, she characterized a novel relationship between macrophage fatty acid metabolism and antimycobacterial immunity.

Ige A. George, MD, MS

Ige A. George, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Ige George, MD is the director of the infectious diseases fellowship program. He specializes in clinical research focused on the epidemiology and treatment of infections in the immune compromised hosts and solid organ transplant recipients. He also serves as the TB physician for the St. Louis City TB and Refugee Clinic.

Ekansh Mittal, PhD

Ekansh Mittal, PhD

Instructor in Medicine

Dr. Mittal specializes in the intricate dynamics of host-pathogen interactions, with a particular emphasis on the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).

Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD

Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD

Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology; Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division

Dr. Philips is principal investigator of an NIH-funded lab that studies how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades the host immune response.

Marilia R. Pinzone, MD

Marilia R. Pinzone, MD

Instructor of Medicine

Dr. Pinzone’s interests are HIV, TB and viral infections in immunocompromised hosts.