IHV Faculty
At the Institute of Human Virology, you'll find the integral partners of the IHV team - our researchers and physicians.
From the moment our doors opened in 1996, we recruited scientists from a cross section of disciplines - basic research, veterinary medicine, clinical research and patient care, vaccine development and epidemiology - to study and treat diseases caused by viruses.
This core of dedicated faculty works each day in an atmosphere that fosters the free exchange of ideas. Here we've created a flexible and innovative research center where discoveries are quickly moved from laboratory to clinic.
By Division:
Division of Virology, Pathogenesis, and Cancer (VPC)
Lishan Su, PhD, Director, Division of Virology, Pathogenesis, and Cancer (VPC)
Interim Director, Division of Immunotherapy
Professor of Pharmacology
Institute of Human Virology
The Charles Gordon Smith Professor for HIV Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine
James Ahodantin, PhD: IHV, Research Associate, Pharmacology, Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis and Immunotherapy
Francesca Benedetti, PhD: IHV, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Research Associate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Robert C. Gallo, MD: IHV Director, Co-Head of the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Joseph R. Lakowicz, PhD: IHV, Associate Member and Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Guangming Li, PhD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis and Immunotherapy
Chozha V. Rathinam, Dr. rer. nat., IHV, Head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell & Cancer Biology, Associate Professor, Medicine
Giovannino Silvestri, MS, PhD: IHV, Research Associate, Laboratory of Stem Cell & Cancer Biology, Medicine
Hongshuo Song, PhD: Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Yutaka Tagaya, PhD: IHV, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biology, Head of the Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting Core Facility, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Isaac Witz, PhD: IHV, Professor (P/T), Microbiology and Immunology
Davide Zella, PhD: IHV, Co-Head of the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Richard Zhao, PhD: IHV, Associate Member and Professor, Pathology
Division of Vaccine Research
George Lewis, PhD, Director, Division of Vaccine Research
IHV Deputy Director
The Robert C. Gallo, MD Endowed Professorship in Translational Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Institute of Human Virology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
410-706-4688
Anthony DeVico, PhD: IHV, Head of the Laboratory of Viral Envelope Studies, Professor, Medicine
Robert C. Gallo, MD: IHV, Director, Co-Head of the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Krishanu Ray, PhD: IHV, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Greg Snyder, PhD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Division of Clinical Care & Research
Shyamasundaran Kottilil, MBBS, PhD, Director, Division of Clinical Care & Research
Head, Clinical Care Research Unit
Professor of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
410-706-8927
Anthony Amoroso, MD, Director, Clinical Innovations Program
Professor of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
410-706-1684
Carla Alexander, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
John Baddley, MD, MSPH: IHV, Professor, Medicine
Jacqueline Bork, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Joel Chua, MD, IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Cassidy Claassen, MD, MPH: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
James Doub, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Anthony Edozien, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Uzoamaka Eke, MBBS: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Lottie Hachaambwa, MB ChB: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Omar Harfouch, MD, MPH: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Alonso Heredia, PhD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Sarah Kattakuzhy, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Mariam Khambaty, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
Poonam Mathur, DO, MPH: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Heather Nace, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor (PT), Medicine
Shivakumar Narayanan, MBBS, MD: IHV, Director, Hepatitis Research, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Michael Obiefune, MBBS: IHV, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Devang Patel, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Katya Prakash-Haft, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
David Riedel, MD, MPH: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Elana Rosenthal, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Brenna Roth, MD, MPH: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Patrick Ryscavage, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Kapil Saharia, MD, MPH: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Mohammad Sajadi, MD: IHV, Professor, Medicine
Paul Saleeb, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Kathryn Schlaffer, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Sarah Schmalzle, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Robb Sheneberger, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Kalpana Shere-Wolfe, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Natalie Spicyn, MD, MHS: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Medical Director, HIV Community Health Programs
Nicholas Stamatos, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Rohit Talwani, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Lydia Tang, MB ChB: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Greg Taylor, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Edward Traver, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Ravi Tripathi, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Research Associates
Division of Immunotherapy
Lishan Su, PhD
Interim Director, Division of Immunotherapy
Director, Division of Virology, Pathogenesis and Cancer (VPC)
Professor of Pharmacology
Institute of Human Virology
The Charles Gordon Smith Professor for HIV Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Degui Geng, PhD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
Mingyue Liu, PhD: IHV, Research Associate, Pharmacology
Yan Liu, PhD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Musleh Muthana, PhD: IHV, Research Associate, Pharmacology
Xu Wang, PhD: IHV, Research Associate, Pharmacology
Yin Wang, PhD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Surgery
Division of Epidemiology & Prevention
Man E. Charurat, PhD, MHS, Director of the Division of Epidemiology & Prevention
Professor of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
410-706-1948
Alash'le Abimiku, MON, PhD: IHV, Professor, Medicine
Niel T. Constantine, PhD, MT(ASCP): IHV, Head of the Laboratory of Viral Diagnostics, Professor, Pathology
Cristiana Cairo, PhD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Patrick Dakum, MBBS, MPH: IHV, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Hong Lai, PhD, MPH: IHV, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Shenghan Lai, MD, MPH: IHV, Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Rebecca Nowak, PhD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Habib R. Omari, MPH, PhD: IHV, Research Associate, Epidemiology and Public Health
Nadia Sam-Agudu, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Kristen Stafford, MPH, PhD: IHV, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Center for International Health, Education, & Biosecurity (Ciheb)
Man E. Charurat, PhD, MHS, Director, Ciheb
Professor of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
410-706-1948
Kristen A. Stafford, PhD, MPH, Deputy Director, Ciheb
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Institute of Human Virology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
410-706-6230
Alash'le Abimiku, MON, PhD: IHV, Professor, Medicine
Cyprien Baribwira, MD: IHV, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Cassidy Claassen, MD, MPH: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Lottie Hachaambwa, MB ChB: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Emily Koech, MD: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Marie-Claude Lavoie, PhD, MSc: IHV, Ciheb Director of Strategic Information and Evaluation, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Abubakar Maghimbi, MD: IHV, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine
David Riedel, MD, MPH: IHV, Associate Professor, Medicine
Brenna Roth, MD, MPH: IHV, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Robb Sheneberger, MD: IHV, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Scientific Core Facilities
Animal Core Facility
Harry Davis, MS, Head of the Animal Core Facility (non-faculty member)
Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting Core Facility
Yutaka Tagaya, PhD: IHV, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biology, Head of the Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting Core Facility, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Imaging Studies of Pathogens & Cell Interactions Core Facility
Anthony DeVico, PhD: IHV, Head of the Laboratory of Viral Envelope Studies, Professor, Medicine
Krishanu Ray, PhD: IHV, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
µQuant Core Facility
Felisa Diaz-Mendez, PhD, Head of the µQuant Core Facility (non-faculty member)
Former IHV Faculty Now Adjunct
Jason Bailey, DO: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Joseph Bryant, DVM, MS: Adjunct Associate Professor, Pathology, Animal Core Facility
Ulrike Buchwald, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Farley Cleghorn, MD, MPH: IHV, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Joanna Cole, MD: IHV, Visiting Clinical Instructor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Guesly Delva, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
John Farley, MD, MPH: IHV, Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention
Suzanne Gartner, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Bruce Gilliam, MD: IHV, Clinical Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Luciano Kapelusznik, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Olga Latinovic, PhD, MSc: IHV, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Virology, Pathogenesis, and Cancer
Michael Levin, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Otha Myles, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Nicaise Ndembi, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention
Marvin Reitz, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Chidi Nwizu, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Joseph O’Neill, MD, MPH: IHV, Clinical Professor. Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Anuoluwapo Osinusi, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Mikulas Popovic, MD, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Alan Schmaljohn, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Nathaniel Smith, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Leonard Sowah, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Adjunct Faculty
William Anthony, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Cyprien Baribwira, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Luigi Buonaguro, MD: IHV, Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Arnaldo Caruso, MD, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Prakash Chandra, Dphil: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
José G. Esparza, MD, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Vaccine Research
Jon Fielder, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Henry Francis, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Joseph Fraumeni, MD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention
Jessie Githanga, MB ChB, MMed: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine (Nairobi, Kenya), Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Athanase Kiromera, MBBS: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Alain Lafeuillade, MD, MPH: IHV, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Louiselle LeBlanc, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Sanjiv Lewin, MD: IHV, Clinical Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Henry I.C. Lowe, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Godfrey Lule, MB ChB: IHV, Clinical Professor, Medicine (Nairobi, Kenya), Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Abubakar Maghimbi, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Marybeth Maritim, MB, Chb: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Peter Maro, MBBS: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Sekela Mwakyusa, MD: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Walter Mwanda, MB ChB: IHV, Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Erling Norrby, MD, PhD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Francesca Odhiambo Mireji, MB ChB: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Adotun Oladeji Olutola, MBBS: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Barry Peters, MBBS, MD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research
Bongomin Pido, MBBS: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine (Kampala, Uganda), Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Guido Poli, MD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science
Zuzu Sikazwe, MB, ChB: IHV, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Center for International, Health, Education & Biosecurity
Yi Zeng, MD: IHV, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Division of Basic Science