Biography
Graduate Education and Administration
My position as Associate Provost and Associate Dean ad interim has oversight of the PhD and Master's programs within the Graduate Medical Sciences of BU's School of Medicine. Our group takes care of the graduate students from matriculation to graduation and alumni development. My responsibilities are to ensure we provide the highest quality graduate education in the basic and biomedical sciences. Providing resources, budgets, high caliber faculty, thought leaders and career opportunities are our priorities. Our diverse students not only learn the latest in their field of interest, but contribute to paradigm shifts and moving their field forward.
Research Interests (joint appointment in Department of Pathology)
Why is it that some people get a bacterial infection, feel lousy for a few days, take antibiotics and then forget about it when they go back to class or work, but other people get the same infection and die in two weeks in the intensive care unit? It’s all about what pathogen is invading and how our bodies respond to the infection. It’s a highly orchestrated response that requires input from our immune, coagulation, neurologic, and inflammatory pathways. Research interests include:
• Study of enterohemorrhagic Shiga toxin-producing E.coli infection and the toxins from these bacteria. The E.coli O157:H7 serotype is the most common clinical problem.
• Development of models and cell systems to study thrombotic microangiopathies such as HUS, aHUS,TTP and the related DIC