His expertise includes infectious diseases and vaccine immunology, with research interests consisting of human, agricultural animal and wildlife health. Currently, he has several research projects taking place in his lab: Understanding dysfunctions in immune responses in sickle cell disease to strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and influenza virus; developing vaccines and immunotherapies for foot-and-mouth disease in large animals; and deciphering the mechanisms of an emerging snake fungal disease that has compromised the rattlesnake population in the region. Here is what he said in an interview.