Lisa Morici

Lisa A. Morici received her Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases and Immunity from the University of California at Berkeley. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Morici specializes in the study of host-pathogen interactions in pulmonary bacterial infections, such as those caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with the ultimate goal of developing novel chemotherapeutics or vaccines against these organisms.