DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of scientists conducting innovative research that advances our understanding of the interplay between human biology and infectious agents.
Each investigator will receive a five-year, $505,000 award to support independent research at the critical early stages of their careers.
This year’s recipients are:
Adriana Forero, PhD
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Resident nuclear factors drive heterogeneity in the antiviral response
Michael Howitt, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Antigen acquisition by tuft cells regulates humoral immunity during intestinal parasite infection
Meghan Koch, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Challenging the paradigm of maternal IgG: A novel role in subverting infant immunity to enteric infection
Samarchith Kurup, DVM, PhD
University of Georgia
Plasmodium effectors mitigating cell-intrinsic immune responses in hepatocytes
Ashley Moseman, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine
Using tissue-specific Naegleria opportunism to dissect olfactory immunity
Fernanda Novais, PhD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Immune evasion strategy of an intracellular parasite
Megan Orzalli, PhD
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Homeostatic regulation of cutaneous antiviral immunity
Joseph Zackular, PhD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Reprogramming of the early life gut by Clostridioides difficile
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