The Division of Research in the Department of Internal Medicine has multiple NIH-, VA-, and DoD-funded principal investigators with active basic and translational research projects, focusing on viral (HIV, HCV, HBV, and EBV) and bacterial (sepsis) immunology, antiviral (HIV and HBV) gene therapy, and lymphoma, breast cancer, and liver cancer research. Our faculty members and research staff are working diligently and collaboratively to provide an excellent research environment to support our ability to obtain more extramural funding, publish high-impact scientific papers, enhance the career development of the junior faculty, train the next generation of graduate students, postdocs, and young investigators, and to develop a robust research program to promote the health care of the people in the State of Tennessee and beyond – consistent with the mission and vision of the Department of Internal Medicine, Quillen College of Medicine, and ETSU – for advancing the research, educational and healthcare needs of the people in our region.
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Zhi Qiang Yao, MD, PhD
Division Chief | Research Division, Director | Center of Excellence for HIV/AIDS, ETSU, Director | HIV and Hepatitis (HCV/HBV) Program, VA
- 423.439.2102
- VA Building 6, Room 205
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Jonathan Moorman, MD, PhD, FACP
Professor, Vice Chair of Research and Scholarship, Infectious, Inflamatory and Immunologic Disease
- 423.439.4768
- VA Building 6, Room 204
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Mohamed Elgazzar, PhD
Professor - Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine
- 423.439.6229
- VA Building 1
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Yong Jiang, PhD
Associate Professor - Breast and Colorectal Cancer, Engineered exosome-mediated cancer treatment
- 423.439.6376
- VA Building 119, Room 239b
![Photo of Anna Musket, PhD Post Doctoral Associate](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/anna-musket.jpg-2023.jpg)
![Photo of Shunbin Ning, PhD Associate Professor - Viral Cancers](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/shunbin-ning-2024.jpg)
![Photo of Madison Schank, PhD Post Doctoral Associate](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/madison-schank-2023-update.jpg)
![Photo of Ling Wang, PhD Associate Professor - Chronic Viral Infections](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/ling-wang-2023.jpg)
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Jinyu Zhang, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor - Crispr/Cas9- mediated HBV treatment
- 423.439.8263
- VA Building 6, Room 223
![Photo of Juan Zhao, PhD Assistant Professor](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/zhao-2023.jpg)
Full Time Research Staff
![Photo of Kenton Hall Lab Manager](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/hall-kenton-2023.jpg)
![Photo of Rose Wu Lab Manager](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/wu-rose-2023.jpg)
![Photo of Isatou Bah Research Assistant](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/bah-isatou-2023.jpg)
![Photo of Puja Banik Research Technician](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/puja-banik-2023.jpg)
![Photo of Yi Caudle Lab Coordinator](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/caudle-yi-2023.jpg)
![Photo of Mary Howell Lab Coordinator](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/howell-mary-2023.jpg)
![Photo of Janet Lightener Lab Coordinator](/com/intmed/pictures/_facstaff-profile/lightner-janet-2023.jpg)