Department of Infectious Diseases

Professor, Director of Faculty of Infectious Diseases, GRA Distinguished Investigator

Expertise

Immunology | Animal Models of Human Disease | Cell Culture | Infectious Diseases | Parasitology | Vaccinology

Biography

Dr. Harn was trained in vaccines and tropical medicine under the mentorship of John David at Harvard Medical School. He joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School and later at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he was tenured and remained for 23 years. In 2009, he moved his laboratory to the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

Education

  • B.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1973
  • M.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1975
  • Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 1980

Teaching

  • IDIS/NUTR 4200/6200 We Are What We Eat
  • IDIS 8020 Vaccines: From design to Development

Research Interests

  • Defining the anti-inflammatory pathways that the human milk sugar, LNFPIII, induces in macrophages, adipocytes and hepatocytes
  • Defining mechanisms of LNFPIII inhibition of HIV growth in human macrophages
  • Using VacSIM® proprietary vaccine delivery to enhance influenza, malaria and schistosome vaccines

Publications

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