{"id":722,"date":"2015-09-02T19:01:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/bms-research\/infectious-disease-parasitology\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:30:39","slug":"parasitology-infectious-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/research-activities\/parasitology-infectious-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasitology and Infectious Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Current departmental research includes work in disease prevention and immunology in both humans and animals. Our labs work to target human infections in many parts of the body, including the respiratory and digestive systems. We also study infections at the cellular level, such as the relationships between bacteria, receptors, and antibiotics. Parasitology researchers focus on nematodes, particularly parasitic worms that cause disease in humans in the developing world and in animals.\u00a0 They study the neuromuscular systems of the worms and receptors and ion channels in an effort to identify molecular targets for anti-parasitic drugs.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Researchers<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-1.11.3.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/js\/theme.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/css\/person.css\" \/>\n<div class=\"view view-directory view-id-directory view-display-id-page_show_images views-table-responsive views-table-overflow iastate22-table text-content add-directory-buttons\" >\n<table 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alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/jrbeck'>Joshua R Beck<br\/>PhD<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Associate Professor<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-8293<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:jrbeck@iastate.edu\">jrbeck@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>2086 Patterson<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class='td_picture  views-field-field-picture'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/images\/Carlson_Steve_web.jpg\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/stevec'>Steve Carlson<br\/>DVM, PhD<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Associate Professor<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-0912<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:stevec@iastate.edu\">stevec@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>2028 Patterson<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class='td_picture  views-field-field-picture'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/images\/Cho_Michael_web.jpg\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/mcho'>Michael Cho<br\/>PhD<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Professor<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-6449<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:mcho@iastate.edu\">mcho@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>2022 Patterson<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class='td_picture  views-field-field-picture'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/images\/Choudhary_Shivani_web.jpg\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/shivani'>Shivani Choudhary<br\/>PhD, MPH (Veterinary Public Health), BVSc<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-2451<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:shivani@iastate.edu\">shivani@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>Patterson<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class='td_picture  views-field-field-picture'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/images\/Kimber_Michael_J_web.jpg\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/michaelk'>Michael J Kimber<br\/>PhD<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Chair and Professor<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-5924<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:michaelk@iastate.edu\">michaelk@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>2008 Patterson<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class='td_picture  views-field-field-picture'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/images\/Kumar_Sudhir_web.jpg\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/sudhirk'>Sudhir Kumar<br\/>PhD<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-5215<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:sudhirk@iastate.edu\">sudhirk@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>2016 Patterson Hall<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class='td_picture  views-field-field-picture'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/images\/Martin_Richard_J_web.jpg\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/rjmartin'>Richard J Martin<br\/>BVSc, PhD, DSc, Dip ECVPT, MRCVS<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor<br\/>Dr. E.A. Benbrook Endowed Chair in Pathology and Parasitology<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-2470<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:rjmartin@iastate.edu\">rjmartin@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>2018 Patterson<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class='td_picture  views-field-field-picture'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/images\/Martin_Greg_web.jpg\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_last_name  field_last_name_q'><a class='' href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/directory\/pub\/info\/martingm'>Greg Martin<br\/>PhD<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_professional_title  '>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_phone  '>515-294-7710<\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_email  '><a href=\"mailto:martingm@iastate.edu\">martingm@iastate.edu<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t<td class='td_field_room  '>Patterson<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":716,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-722","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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