Gary Ward, Ph.D.

Professor

Director, Vermont Immunobiology and Infectious Disease Training Program

Cell Biology of Host-Parasite Interaction

gary.ward@med.uvm.edu
(802) 656-4868
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gary.ward@med.uvm.edu
+18026564868

Stafford Hall 316B
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
Ward Lab website
Affiliated Department(s)
  • Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
  • Cellular, Molecular and Biological Sciences (CMB)
  • The (Vermont) Collaborative for Immunity and Host-Microbe Interactions (CIHMI)
  • Vermont Immunobiology & Infectious Disease training program

 

Area(s) of expertise

  • Cell biology of host-parasite interaction
  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Antiparasitic hit-to-lead studies

BIO

  • PhD in 1985 from The University of California, San Diego, studying cell biology of fertilization with Dr. Victor Vacquier.
  • Postdoctoral training with Dr. Marc Kirschner at The University of California, San Francisco, studying the biochemistry of cell cycle control.
  • Senior Staff Fellow in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at the NIH, working on the parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis.
  • Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 1996.

Courses

  • MMG 6200, Cellular Microbiology (Course Director)
  • CLBI 6010, Cell and Molecular Biology
  • CLBI 7010, Critical Reading and Analysis
  • MD 540, Foundations of Clinical Sciences

Publications

Gary Ward's publications

Bio

  • PhD in 1985 from The University of California, San Diego, studying cell biology of fertilization with Dr. Victor Vacquier.
  • Postdoctoral training with Dr. Marc Kirschner at The University of California, San Francisco, studying the biochemistry of cell cycle control.
  • Senior Staff Fellow in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at the NIH, working on the parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis.
  • Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 1996.

Courses

  • MMG 6200, Cellular Microbiology (Course Director)
  • CLBI 6010, Cell and Molecular Biology
  • CLBI 7010, Critical Reading and Analysis
  • MD 540, Foundations of Clinical Sciences

Publications

Gary Ward's publications

microscopic cell
Four Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites (outlined in red) growing within a host cell (dark green)

Lab Team

Gary Ward, PI
Anne Kelsen, Senior Lab Technician
Frances Male, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kaesi Morelli, Postdoctoral Fellow
Anne Snyder, Graduate Student
Kyle Kasprzak, Undergraduate Researcher