Ira Blader, PhD

PhD, Cell Biology/Neuroscience, 1999
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

BS, Biochemistry, 1993
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

• Toxoplasma Oxygen Sensing
• Toxoplasma-Nervous System Interactions
• Toxoplasma Host Interaction

2024–present
Department Head
Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2024–present
Professor
Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2016–2024
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
University at Buffalo
Amherst, NY

2013–2016
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
University at Buffalo
Amherst, NY

2003–2013
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Health Sciences Center
University at Oklahoma
Norman, OK

1999–2003
Post Doctoral Fellow, Microbiology and Immunology
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

• American Society of Microbiology

• Ira Blader's profile on Google Scholar