Professional Training and Experience

• PhD, Cellular and Molecular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Residency, Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Comparative Medicine
• DVM, University of Georgia
• BS, Biology, Emory University

Research Interests

• Pulmonary immunology, physiology, and microbiology with emphasis on the role of innate immunity in pneumonia
• Role of reactive oxygen-nitrogen species, surfactant proteins and alveolar macrophages in the development and resolution of lung pathology
• Basic macrophage biology
• Development of animal models of pneumonia
• Genetics of resistance and susceptibility to respiratory infections
• Transgenic mouse technology

Publications