Richard F. Allison (Ph.D., North Carolina State), BOTANY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY -Mechanisms and prevention of plant viral infections.

Andrea Amalfitano (Ph.D., Michigan State ), MICROBIOLOGY - Viral based gene transfer vectors for use in gene therapy and vaccine applications.

Kathryn H. Brooks (Ph.D., Iowa), MICROBIOLOGY - Immunology; autoimmunity; biology of the CD5+B cell.

Kate J. Claycombe (Ph.D., Univ. of Tennessee), FOOD SCIENCE & HUMAN NUTRITION/NUTRITIONAL IMMUNOLOGY - Effects of nutrients on immune dysfunction in Type II diabetes.

Paul M. Coussens (Ph.D., Penn State), ANIMAL SCIENCE - Molecular virology; viral gene expression; oncogenes.

Walter J. Esselman (Ph.D., Penn State), MICROBIOLOGY - The expression and function of lymphocyte CD45 protein tyrosine phospatase in the regulation of signaling, the cell cycle, and transformation.

Michele M. Fluck (Ph.D., Geneva), MICROBIOLOGY - Viral Oncology; oncogene activation of transcription factors and their effect on chromatin structure and DNA replication; mammary gland oncogenesis in mice and dependence upon estrogen.

Pamela J. Fraker (Ph.D., Illinois), BIOCHEMISTRY - Role of programmed cell death in lymphopoiesis; use of flow cytometer to study cell cycle and cell death; relationship of nutritional/endocrine status and immune function.

Patricia E. Ganey - (Ph.D., Michigan State), PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY - Mechanisms of liver injury; role of phagocytic cells in hepatotoxicity.

Kathleen Hoag (Ph.D., Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ) Food Science & Human Nutrition; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY- Role of vitamin A in immune cell development and function.

Katheryn Meek (D.V.M., Texas A&M), VETERINARY PATHOLOGY - V(D)J recombination; genetic immunodeficiencies; DNA repair.

Robert A. Roth (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins), PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY - Mechanisms of lung and liver injury from toxic chemicals; role of blood neutrophils, platelets, and coagulation in organ injury.

Richard C. Schwartz (Ph.D., MIT), MICROBIOLOGY - Transcriptional regulation of inflammation; hematopoietic differentiation; oncogenesis and regulation of cell growth.

Suzanne M. Thiem (Ph.D., Idaho), ENTOMOLOGY - Molecular biology and genetics of baculoviruses; viral pathogenesis.

Steven J. Triezenberg (Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan), BIOCHEMISTRY - Eukaryotic gene regulation; transcriptional activation; herpesviruses; plant chromatin and histone acetylation.

Ian York (Ph.D. McMaster Univ., Hamilton), MICROBIOLOGY & MOLECULAR GENETICS - Molecular mechanisms of immunity to viruses; virus resistance to the immune system.