William Goldman, PhD - Executive Committee

Ralph Goldman, PhD is Professor and former Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His laboratory’s research focuses on the pathogenesis of several infectious respiratory diseases, including histoplasmosis, pertussis, and pneumonic plague. The work on Histoplasma capsulatum is focused on the interactions of this dimorphic fungus with macrophages and the identification of genes that are important for intracellular survival and proliferation. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (since 2002) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 2012)