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Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology Research

We focus on research to find new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious diseases.

At NYU Langone’s Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, we believe that research is the engine that drives new medical advances to protect and restore public health locally and globally. Research is an important part of our mission, and our goal is to translate scientific research into innovative ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious diseases.

Our research activities cover the entire span of biomedical discovery—from preclinical laboratory research using animal models, to clinical studies and clinical trials that translate into clinical practice. We also conduct research on healthcare policy, education, and behavior.

We are dedicated to training the next generation of research leaders in the field of infectious diseases and immunology. Important research initiatives within our division include the Vaccine Center, NYU Langone Molecular Outbreak Program, Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and hepatitis C elimination studies, as well as research on Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, hepatitis B, influenza, universal flu vaccine, flaviviruses, and yellow fever virus vaccines.

Core Faculty Investigators

Benjamin J. Eckhardt, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Lead Investigator, Hepatitis C Elimination Studies

Ramin Herati, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Mark J. Mulligan, MD
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Director, Vaccine Center
The Thomas S. Murphy Sr. Professor, Department of Medicine

Bo Shopsin, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Research, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Molecular Epidemiology Director, Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens
Program Associate Director of MSTP Curriculum and Programming
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

Scott A. Weisenberg, MD
Medical Director, NYU Langone Infectious Disease Associates
Medical Director, Travel Medicine Program
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Faculty Publications

Our faculty publish their research in leading peer-reviewed journals. Learn more about their recent publications.

Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination and Prevention of Symptomatic Infection in Infants

Cardemil, Cristina V; Cao, Yi; Posavad, Christine M; Badell, Martina L; Bunge, Katherine; Mulligan, Mark J; Parameswaran, Lalitha; Olson-Chen, Courtney; Novak, Richard M; Brady, Rebecca C; DeFranco, Emily; Gerber, Jeffrey S; Pasetti, Marcela; Shriver, Mallory; Coler, Rhea; Berube, Bryan; Suthar, Mehul S; Moreno, Alberto; Gao, Fei; Richardson, Barbra A; Beigi, Richard; Brown, Elizabeth; Neuzil, Kathleen M; Munoz, Flor M; ,

Pediatrics (1948). 2024 Mar 01; 153:

Staphylococcus aureus senses human neutrophils via PerR to coordinate the expression of the toxin LukAB

Savin, Avital; Anderson, Exene E; Dyzenhaus, Sophie; Podkowik, Magdalena; Shopsin, Bo; Pironti, Alejandro; Torres, Victor J

Infection & immunity. 2024 Feb 13; 92:e0052623

Author Correction: Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials

Axfors, Cathrine; Schmitt, Andreas M; Janiaud, Perrine; Van't Hooft, Janneke; Abd-Elsalam, Sherief; Abdo, Ehab F; Abella, Benjamin S; Akram, Javed; Amaravadi, Ravi K; Angus, Derek C; Arabi, Yaseen M; Azhar, Shehnoor; Baden, Lindsey R; Baker, Arthur W; Belkhir, Leila; Benfield, Thomas; Berrevoets, Marvin A H; Chen, Cheng-Pin; Chen, Tsung-Chia; Cheng, Shu-Hsing; Cheng, Chien-Yu; Chung, Wei-Sheng; Cohen, Yehuda Z; Cowan, Lisa N; Dalgard, Olav; de Almeida E Val, Fernando F; de Lacerda, Marcus V G; de Melo, Gisely C; Derde, Lennie; Dubee, Vincent; Elfakir, Anissa; Gordon, Anthony C; Hernandez-Cardenas, Carmen M; Hills, Thomas; Hoepelman, Andy I M; Huang, Yi-Wen; Igau, Bruno; Jin, Ronghua; Jurado-Camacho, Felipe; Khan, Khalid S; Kremsner, Peter G; Kreuels, Benno; Kuo, Cheng-Yu; Le, Thuy; Lin, Yi-Chun; Lin, Wu-Pu; Lin, Tse-Hung; Lyngbakken, Magnus Nakrem; McArthur, Colin; McVerry, Bryan J; Meza-Meneses, Patricia; Monteiro, Wuelton M; Morpeth, Susan C; Mourad, Ahmad; Mulligan, Mark J; Murthy, Srinivas; Naggie, Susanna; Narayanasamy, Shanti; Nichol, Alistair; Novack, Lewis A; O'Brien, Sean M; Okeke, Nwora Lance; Perez, Léna; Perez-Padilla, Rogelio; Perrin, Laurent; Remigio-Luna, Arantxa; Rivera-Martinez, Norma E; Rockhold, Frank W; Rodriguez-Llamazares, Sebastian; Rolfe, Robert; Rosa, Rossana; Røsjø, Helge; Sampaio, Vanderson S; Seto, Todd B; Shahzad, Muhammad; Soliman, Shaimaa; Stout, Jason E; Thirion-Romero, Ireri; Troxel, Andrea B; Tseng, Ting-Yu; Turner, Nicholas A; Ulrich, Robert J; Walsh, Stephen R; Webb, Steve A; Weehuizen, Jesper M; Velinova, Maria; Wong, Hon-Lai; Wrenn, Rebekah; Zampieri, Fernando G; Zhong, Wu; Moher, David; Goodman, Steven N; Ioannidis, John P A; Hemkens, Lars G

Nature communications. 2024 Feb 05; 15:1075

Transcription-replication interactions reveal bacterial genome regulation

Pountain, Andrew W; Jiang, Peien; Yao, Tianyou; Homaee, Ehsan; Guan, Yichao; McDonald, Kevin J C; Podkowik, Magdalena; Shopsin, Bo; Torres, Victor J; Golding, Ido; Yanai, Itai

Nature. 2024 Feb ; 626:661-669

Transcription"“replication interactions reveal bacterial genome regulation

Pountain, Andrew W.; Jiang, Peien; Yao, Tianyou; Homaee, Ehsan; Guan, Yichao; McDonald, Kevin J.C.; Podkowik, Magdalena; Shopsin, Bo; Torres, Victor J.; Golding, Ido; Yanai, Itai

Nature. 2024 Jan 01; ?-?

mRNA COVID-19 vaccine elicits potent adaptive immune response without the acute inflammation of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Ivanova, Ellie N.; Shwetar, Jasmine; Devlin, Joseph C.; Buus, Terkild B.; Gray-Gaillard, Sophie; Koide, Akiko; Cornelius, Amber; Samanovic, Marie I.; Herrera, Alberto; Mimitou, Eleni P.; Zhang, Chenzhen; Karmacharya, Trishala; Desvignes, Ludovic; Ødum, Niels; Smibert, Peter; Ulrich, Robert J.; Mulligan, Mark J.; Koide, Shohei; Ruggles, Kelly V.; Herati, Ramin S.; Koralov, Sergei B.

iScience. 2023 Dec 15; 26:?-?

Natural infection by Zika virus but not DNA vaccination consistently elicits antibodies that compete with two potently neutralising monoclonal antibodies targeting distinct epitopes

Smith, Teresa C; Espinoza, Daniel O; Zhu, Yerun; Cardona-Ospina, Jaime A; Bowman, Natalie M; Becker-Dreps, Sylvia; Rouphael, Nadine; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J; Bucardo, Filemon; Edupuganti, Srilatha; Premkumar, Lakshmanane; Mulligan, Mark J; de Silva, Aravinda M; Collins, Matthew H

EBioMedicine. 2023 Dec ; 98:104875

Generation of quality-controlled SARS-CoV-2 variant stocks

de Vries, Maren; Ciabattoni, Grace O; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Bruno A; Crosse, Keaton M; Papandrea, Dominick; Samanovic, Marie I; Dimartino, Dacia; Marier, Christian; Mulligan, Mark J; Heguy, Adriana; Desvignes, Ludovic; Duerr, Ralf; Dittmann, Meike

Nature protocols. 2023 Dec ; 18:3821-3855