Respiratory Diseases Branch (RDB) - Contacts

Bacterial Respiratory Diseases

  • Xin-Xing Gu, PhD, Program Officer, Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens
  • Meenu Upadhyay, PhD, Program Officer, Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens

Respiratory Pathogens Clinical Research Section

Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases Section

  • Lakshmi Ramachandra, MSc, PhD, Section Chief
  • Jim Boyce, PhD, MSc, Program Officer, Drug Discovery
  • Katrin Eichelberg, MSc, PhD, Program Officer, Immunology and Vaccines
  • Karen Lacourciere, PhD, Program Officer, Diagnostics, Genetics, and Epidemiology
  • Barbara Laughon, MSc, PhD, Senior Scientist for Tuberculosis Drug Development Partnerships; Program Officer, Advanced Drug Development
  • Susana Mendez, PhD, Program Officer, Mycobacterial Biology and Pathogenesis
  • Richard Robinson, PhD, Program Officer, Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRACs)

Viral Respiratory Diseases Section

  • Diane Post, PhD, Section Chief
  • Michelle Arnold, PhD, Program Officer, Viral Respiratory Immunity Research Program
  • Nita Basu, MSc, PhD, Program Officer, Viral Respiratory Drug Development and Diagnostic Development
  • Steven Black, MPH, Program Coordinator, Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR)
  • Kate Bradford Plimack, PhD, Program Officer, Coronavirus Pathogen Biology Research Program
  • Brooke Bozick, PhD, Program Officer, Influenza and Rhinovirus Pathogen Biology and Clinical Research
  • Christian Gonzalez, MS, Program Officer, Viral Respiratory Product Development
  • Jennifer Gordon, PhD, Program Officer, Influenza and Coronavirus Vaccine Development
  • MJ Huntsgood, Program Coordinator, Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs)
  • Sonnie Kim, MS, Program Officer, Pneumovirus and Paramyxovirus Research
  • M. Chelsea Lane, PhD, Program Officer, Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs)
  • Erik Stemmy, MS, PhD, Team Lead/Program Officer, Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRRs)/iDPCC
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