Research, Education, and Administrative Teams

Department Chair

Beth Kirkpatrick, M.D.

Department Chair • Professor

Genetics and Bioinformatics

Julie Dragon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Director of the Bioinformatics Shared Resource

Princess Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

DNA Repair and Structural Biology

Dani Brasino, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Nimrat Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Genome Instability Mechanisms in Cancer and Host-Virus Interactions

Sylvie Doublié, Ph.D.

Professor • Structural Biology of DNA Replication and Repair

Brian Eckenroth, Ph.D.

Faculty Scientist • Structural Biology of DNA Replication and Repair

Tony Mertz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor (Research Scholar Track)

Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Emily Bruce, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Determinants of Viral Infectivity and Viral-Host Interaction

Jean Celli, Ph.D.

Professor • Cell biology of bacteria-phagocyte interactions

Bruno Martorelli Di Genova, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

Leigh Knodler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Accelerated Master's Program Advisor

Menelaos (Mel) Symeonides, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Impact of Viral Infections on Individual Cells and Cell Populations

Markus Thali, Ph.D.

Professor • Investigating Virus-Cell Relationships

Gary Ward, Ph.D.

Professor • Director, Vermont Immunobiology and Infectious Disease Training Program

Matthew Wargo

Professor • Director - Cellular Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Vaccines and Human Immunology

Sean A Diehl, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Human Immune Responses to Infection and Vaccination

Beth Kirkpatrick, M.D.

Department Chair • Professor

Vaccine Testing Center

Mary Claire Walsh

Director, Vaccine Testing Center

Educator Faculty

Janet Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Vice Chair of MMG Undergraduate Education

Alan Chant, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Biochemistry Program Director

Rebecca Guy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

Karin (Kari) Hodge, M.A.

Instructor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

Marni Slavik, Ph.D.

Faculty Scientist • CALS Biological Sciences Director

Administrative Team

Megan Bartlett, MPH

Senior Administrator

Francesca Werenko

Research Administrator - Pre and Post Award

Maiya Avisata-Sullivan

HR Coordinator and Chair Administrator

Linda Gregoire

Office Support Generalist

Cameron Ishee

Program Support Generalist - Vaccine Testing Center and TGIR COBRE

Diane Richer

Business Support

If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at: mmg@med.uvm.edu