"CD4 Memory T Cells Use Novel Mechanism to Combat Influenza"

Susan L. Swain, Ph.D.

President Emeritus Trudeau Institute Saranac Lake, NY

"Role of the Type IV Pilus of Nontypeable H. influenzae in the Pathogenesis of Otitis Media and Prospects for anti-PilA Mediated Treatment or Prevention"

Lauren O. Bakaletz, Ph.D.

Tillie E> Coleman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research, Vice-President for Basic Sciences, Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Professor of Pediatrics and Otolaryngology, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine  

"Medicare Part D’s Effect on the Health of Older Americans"

Julie M. Donohue, PhD

Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management Graduate School of Public Health  

"The Role of Hypertensive Vascular Disease in Brain Aging and Neurodegeneration"

Cyrus Raji  

"TBD"

Alicia Palladino, PhD

Research Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine  

"H5N1 Pathogenesis and the Role of Host Genetic Diversity"

Jacco Boon, Ph.D.

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital  

"New Approaches to Vaccines for Old and New Plagues"

John Rose, Ph.D.

Yale University  

"TBD"

Edwina Kinchington, PhD

Research Instructor, University of Pittsburgh  

PIMB is proud to announce its fourth seminar speaker, William C. Hahn, MD, PhD. Dr. Hahn is from Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Hahn's talk entitled “Functional Genomics, Experimental Models & Cancer” will be held at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in 219B Langley Hall.  

"Force-induced DNA interactions: From small molecule binding to retroviral replication"

Mark C. Williams, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Northeastern University  

"TBD"

Sharmilla Pejawar-Gaddy, Ph.D.  

"TBD"

Guillermo Calero, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine  

"TBD"

Angela Pardee  

"Developing Vaccines for Emerging and Global Infectious Diseases"

Andrea Gambotto, MD

University of Pittsburgh - Department of Surgery  

"TBD"

Subha Das, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University  

"TBD"

Zhaoyang You, Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh