Associate Staff Scientist
Education:
Ph.D., 1993, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
B.S., 1984, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Biography
After working in cancer drug development in biopharma, Laura focused on tuberculosis (TB) drug discovery with an emphasis on host-pathogen interaction. Focusing on building informative animal models of TB, she directs the TB Imaging Program, a team that brings together the disciplines of microbiology, animal science, histopathology, and radiologic imaging to assess compound activity and explore basic immunology and vaccine efficacy.