Watford, Wendy

Wendy Watford
Associate Professor
Infectious Diseases
Regulation of host defense and tolerance by Stat transcription factors.
Regulation of host defense and tolerance by Stat transcription factors.
Transmission and pathogenicity of zoonotic influenza virus infection and development of vaccination and the prevention and treatment of viral infections.
Bacterial modulation of eukaryotic membrane dynamics for intracellular survival; SNARE-dependent membrane fusion biochemistry.
Tuberculosis pathogenesis; host-pathogen interactions.
Transient evolution of pathogens. Evolutionary processes involved in cross-species transmission. Evolutionary constraints in viral epidemiology.
Bacterial pathogenesis; role of adhesins in virulence; vaccine development.