Affiliated Faculty
Faculty alignment with the tracks has not been finalized so changes with track affiliation may occur before the program start in fall 2026.Â
Immunobiology and Microbial Sciences Track Affiliated Faculty
Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, PhD
- Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Associate Dean for Biomedical Graduate Education

Santiago Correa, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD
- Percy and Joanne Uris Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, Genetics and Development and Microbiology and Immunology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center)
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Philip L. De Jager, MD, PHD
- Weil-Granat Professor of Neurology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Lei Ding, PhD
- Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Wassim Elyaman, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology, the Taub Institute and the Institute for Genomic Medicine)

Donna L. Farber, PhD
- George H. Humphreys, II Professor of Surgical Sciences (in Surgery)
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

David A. Fidock, PhD
- Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)
- CS Hamish Young Professor of Immunology (in Microbiology and Immunology)

Stephen P. Goff, PhD
- Higgins Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

Rebecca Anne Haeusler, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)

Yiping W. Han, PhD
- Professor of Microbial Sciences (in Dental Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Sciences in Medicine)

Sho Iketani, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)

Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD
- Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Associate Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Systems Biology

Jeffrey Kieft, PhD
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Tal Korem, PhD
- Assistant Professor of System Biology and Reproductive Sciences (in Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Peter D Kwong, PhD
- Richard J. Stock Professor of Medical Sciences (Infectious Diseases) (in Medicine)
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Ya-Cheng Liao, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Emily M. Mace, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Pediatric Immunology (in Pediatrics)
- Full Member, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative

Vilas Menon, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer Disease and the Aging Brain)

Jaewon Min, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics)

Sachel Mok, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)

Adam Mor, MD, PhD
- Herbert and Florence Irving Associate Professor of Rheumatology (in Medicine) to Honor Dr. Ralph Blume

Anne Moscona, MD
- Sherie L. Morrison Professor of Immunology (in Microbiology and Immunology)
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics

Marta Olah, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain)

Laura Pasqualucci, MD
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics) at CUMC

Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD
- Alumni Professor of Genetics and Development(in Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine)

Alice S. Prince, MD
- John M. Driscoll Jr., MD and Yvonne Driscoll, MD Professor of Pediatrics in Division of Infectious Diseases

Steven L. Reiner, MD
- Charles H. Revson Professor in Cancer Research (in Microbiology and lmmunology) and Professor of Pediatrics

Sebastian Riquelme, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Immunology (in Pediatrics)

Yosef Sabo, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)

Falak Sher, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and in the Taub Institute)

Megan Sykes, MD
- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Surgical Sciences (in Surgery)
- Michael J. Friedlander Professor of Medicine

Ira A Tabas, MD
- Richard J. Stock Professor of Medicine (Immunology)
- Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics

Harris H. Wang, PhD
- Professor of Systems Biology, of Pathology and Cell Biology, and of Biomedical Engineering

Robert J Winchester, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
- Professor of Pediatrics

Shan Zha, MD, PhD
- James A Wolff Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Cell Biology and of Microbiology and Immunology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center)

























































































