Gary Ward, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Vermont Immunobiology and Infectious Disease Training Program
Cell Biology of Host-Parasite Interaction
gary.ward@med.uvm.edu
Stafford Hall 316B
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
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
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
Four Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites (outlined in red) growing within a host cell (dark green)
Lab Team
Gary Ward, PI
Anne Kelsen, Senior Lab Technician
Kaesi Morelli, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kyle Kasprzak, Undergraduate Researcher
Anne Kelsen, Senior Lab Technician
Kaesi Morelli, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kyle Kasprzak, Undergraduate Researcher