My research is centered on the molecular aspects of infectious disease pathogenesis, population genomics, epitope mapping, surveillance, and control. I leverage genomics, transcriptomics, and cytokine phenotype profiles of immune cells and protein bioinformatics as tools to gain insights into immune response, determine virulence and immunogenic factors, characterize circulating strains of targeted pathogens, study mutation outcome, and disease evolution. In this endeavor, vital updated information is made available on disease burden, vaccine matching/effectiveness, zoonotic potential of studied diseases, and countermeasures against bioterrorism. I have an interest in emerging and reemerging infectious diseases and the genetic underpinnings of cancers