Cornell University

Dr. Russell’s laboratory’s research focuses on the interplay between the macrophage and the intracellular pathogens Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

David G. Russell

David G. Russell

William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology

Microbiology & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca

Dr. Russell is an infectious disease biologist who studies tuberculosis from the perspectives of both the host and the pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. He has an established reputation for developing and applying new tools and methods to the study of this disease, including fluorescent Mtb fitness reporter strains (43-45), novel transcriptional profiling methods and analysis (46-51), new RNA-based modulation of mammalian cell function (52) and innovative drug discovery assays (53, 54). In addition, he works with Dr. Henry Mwandumba in Blantyre, Malawi, examining the impact of HIV-1 on the immune environment of the human lung relevant to tuberculosis progression (55-57).

Dr. Russell is the Lead Investigator for Project 3 – Minimizing in vivo Drug Tolerance induction in tuberculosis