From Left: Jim Graham, Michele Kosiewicz, Hari Bodduluri, Richard Miller, Esma Yolcu, Robert Stout, Yousef Abu Kwaik, Lawrence Hunt, Shailesh Singh, Uldis Streips, Haval Shirwan, Pascale Alard, Krishna Jala, and Jill Suttles.

Yousef Abu Kwaik, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Professor
Manipulation and exploitation of the host cell biology by intracellular bacterial pathogens

Pascale Alard, Ph.D., University of Paris IX
Assistant Professor
Regulatory mechanisms involved in maintenance of self-tolerance

Haribabu Bodduluri, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
Professor
Signal transduction and chemoreceptors. 
Role of leukotriene receptors in inflammation and host response.

Paula Chilton, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Assistant Professor
Low toxic adjuvants and their effects on T cell survival and differentiation.

Dong Hoon Chung, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanism of virus evolution and treatments for viral diseases

James E. Graham, Ph.D., Indiana University
Associate Professor
Global analysis of bacterial gene expression.
Microbial adaptive responses and infectious disease pathogenesis.

Lawrence A. Hunt, Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor
Immunobiology of viral glycoproteins

Venkatakrishna R. Jala, Ph.D.,   Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 
Assistant Professor
Structure-Function relationships of G-protein coupled receptors and their role in the development of inflammatory diseases;

Colleen Jonsson, Ph.D.,  Purdue University
Professor
Molecular virology of negative-stand RNA viruses; natural history, ecology, evolution and treatment of emerging viruses

Michele M. Kosiewicz, Ph.D., Binghamton University, SUNY
Associate Professor
T cell tolerance and autoimmunity

Richard D. Miller, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor
Regulation of macrophage signaling pathways by Legionella pneumoniae;.
 Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae with coronary artery disease

Thomas C. Mitchell, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Professor
Molecular biology of T Cells in infection and autoimmunity

Haval Shirwan, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara
Professor
Development of therapeutic approaches based on immunomodulation
with proprietary novel recombinant proteins with a major focus
on Type 1 diabetes, allo/xenotransplantation, and tumor immunotherapy.

Shailesh Singh, Ph.D., Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India
Assistant Professor
Development of therapeutic for cancer using immunomodulatory natural compounds.
Role of Chemokines in cancer progression and metastasis.

Robert D. Stout, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Professor and Chairman
Pathogenic mechanisms of regulation and adaptation of macrophage function in diseased states and therapeutic mechanisms to control or alter these changes in macrophage function in models of cancer and inflammatory disease.

Uldis N. Streips, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor
Physiology and genetics of prokaryotic stress responses

Jill Suttles, Ph.D., Brandeis University
Professor
Regulation of macrophage function in autoimmune and cardiovascular disease.

Esma Shirwan Yolcu, Ph.D., Ankara University
Assistant Professor
Tolerance to auto and alloantigens for the purpose of treating diabetes
and preventing allograft rejection

Huang-Ge Zhang, Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Professor
Autoimmune Diseases and Cancer Immunology