Benjamin Monroe Carraway Endowed Chair and Professor
Research and Clinical Interests
Infectious Disease, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Lung Disease
Dr. Harrod’s research goals are grounded in the use of emerging or high throughput technologies to elucidate system-wide knowledge of host-pathogen interactions in respiratory infection. He has a primary focus in the molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis, immunity and host defense to respiratory viruses such as influenza, paramyxoviruses and SARS-CoV, and a long-standing interest in community-acquired bacterial infections of the lung including sepsis.
Education
Graduate
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Molecular Cell Biology of Pulmonary Infections
Contact
Office Location
BMR II, 342
Email
kevinharrod@uabmc.edu
Phone
205-294-1929