Virology Research

Many laboratories at Penn study virology, focusing on viral replication, the host response, and viral countermeasures. For example APOBEC3G, the host-encoded restriction factor targeted by HIV Vif, was discovered in the Microbiology Department at the University of Pennsylvania. Today many pathogenic viruses of humans are under study, including SARS-CoV-2, HIV, influenza, polyomavirus, Merkel Cell Carcinoma virus, Herpes virus, and bunyaviruses including Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and Rift Valley fever viruses. HIV researchers in the program work closely with the Penn Center for AIDS Research; researchers focusing on tumor viruses work closely with the Tumor Virology Program; researchers working on bacterial viruses work closely with the PennCHOP Microbiome Program. Research on Coronaviruses takes place in the context of the new Penn Center for Research on Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Pathogens. Research on Influenza is accelerated by the Center for Excellence in Influenza Research and Response.

Virology Researchers include: 

• Jorge Alverez, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Pathobiology
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• Stewart Anderson, MD
  Professor of Psychiatry
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• Paul Bates, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Jeffrey Bergelson, MD
  Professor of Pediatrics
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• Michael Betts, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Frederic Bushman, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Kyong-Mi Chang, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
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• Sara Cherry, PhD
  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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• Gary Cohen, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Ronald Collman, MD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Harvey Friedman, MD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Beatrice Hahn, MD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Ronald Harty, PhD
  Associate Professor of Microbiology
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• Scott Hensley, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• James Hoxie, MD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Stuart Isaacs, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
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• Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, PhD
  Chair, Department of Pathology
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• Dennis Kolson, MD, PhD
  Professor of Neurology
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• Paul Lieberman, PhD
  Wistar Institute Professor of Microbiology
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• Luis Montaner, DVM, DPhil
  Wistar Institute Professor of Medicine
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• Una O'Doherty, MD, PhD
  Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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• Glenn Rall, PhD
  Adjunct Professor of Microbiology
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• Robert Ricciardi, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• James Riley, PhD
  Associate Professor of Microbiology
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• Erle Robertson, PhD
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
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• Matthias Schnell, PhD
  Adjunct Professor of Microbiology
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• George Shaw, MD, PhD
  Professor of Medicine
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• David Weiner, PhD
  Wistar Institute
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• Susan Weiss, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Matthew Weitzman, PhD
  Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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• E. John Wherry, PhD
  Chair and Professor of SPATT
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• James Wilson, MD, PhD
  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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• John Wolfe, VMD, PhD
  Professor of Pathobiology in Pediatrics
• Jianxin You, PhD
  Associate Professor of Microbiology
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