Gary Ward, PhD

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

 

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

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

Areas of Expertise

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

Our Team

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