Before arriving at Auburn in 1990, he earned his B.S. degree in microbiology in 1980 from Oklahoma State University. That same year he was awarded a Colin Munro MacLeod Pre-doctoral Fellowship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, where in 1984 he received the Ph.D. degree in microbiology and immunology. He received postdoctoral training in microbial pathogenesis at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1984-1986) and at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center (1986-1989). 334-844-2673pricesb@auburn.edu Research Interests