• Our group and Dr. Kit Lam’s group (UCD) are examining a panel of newly synthesized peptides for anti-fungal activity in order to expand the limited repertoire of anti-fungal drugs currently used to treat systemic fungal infections.
• Our interest in the blood-brain barrier during pathological conditions has resulted in a collaborative study with Dr. Anne Knowlton (UCD) and Dr. Pam Lein (UCD), aimed at understanding how endothelial cell senescence during aging alters blood-brain barrier function and how that impacts the onset of dementia.
• Together with Dr. George A. Thompson, we are studying the pathogenesis of Coccidioides, the cause of Valley Fever in the southwestern United States.