Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests
Thomas C. Bailey, MD
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: tbailey@wustl.edu
Research Interest: Information technology to improve healthcare quality.
Pallavi Chandra, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
- Phone: 314-747-5228
- Email: chandra.pallavi@wustl.edu
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
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: igeorge@wustl.edu
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
Instructor in Medicine
- Email: emittal@wustl.edu
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
Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology; Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division
- Phone: 314-747-8058
- Email: philips.j.a@wustl.edu
Dr. Philips is principal investigator of an NIH-funded lab that studies how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades the host immune response.
Marilia R. Pinzone, MD
Instructor of Medicine
- Email: marilia@wustl.edu
Dr. Pinzone’s interests are HIV, TB and viral infections in immunocompromised hosts.