Adam Bailey, M.D., Ph.D. (Principal Investigator) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
B.A. – Colgate University (2009)
Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin – Madison (2015)
M.D. – University of Wisconsin – Madison (2017)
Residency in Clinical Pathology – Washington University in St. Louis (2020)
Post-doctoral Fellowship – Washington University in St. Louis (2021)
Adam was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he lived until moving to Rochester, New York for high school. He obtained his B.A. in Molecular Biology from Colgate University in 2009, where he worked on Reoviruses under Dr. Geoff Holm. During his time at Colgate, Adam participated in Colgate’s NIH-exchange program, studying Influenza A Virus pathogenesis in the Laboratory of Viral Diseases at the National Institutes of Health under the mentorship of Drs. Jonathan Yewdell and Scott Hensley. Adam joined the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) in 2010, earning a Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology in 2015 for his studies of primate Pegiviruses and Arterivirus in the laboratory of Dr. David O’Connor. In 2017, Adam joined the Physician-Scientist Training Pathway (PSTP) in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (WUSM) and Barnes-Jewish Hospital where he completed his medical residency training in Clinical Pathology in 2020. At WUSM, Adam contributed to advances in viral diagnostics and total-laboratory automation in the clinical microbiology laboratory under to mentorship of Drs. Carey-Ann Burnham and Neil Anderson before joining the laboratory of Dr. Michael Diamond as a Post-Doctoral Fellow, where he contributed to the fight against COVID-19 developing SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, animal models of viral pathogenesis, and in vitro systems of infection. As a Post-Doc Adam also developed several independent lines of investigation blending his clinical and research background to develop new models of viral hemorrhagic fever, for which he was awarded the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5) in 2020. Adam joined the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at UWSMPH as Associate Professor in 2021, where he helps direct the clinical laboratories at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and runs his own research laboratory focused on viral pathogenesis, zoonosis, and medical countermeasures.
Adam is married, has two daughters, and a dog. He enjoys skiing, hiking, classic rock, military history, and the occasional beer at the Union Terrace.
Teressa Shaw (Lab manager)
Teressa was born in Milwaukee, WI and moved to Madison to attend UW-Madison as an undergraduate. While at UW, she studied abroad in Uganda where she conducted interviews with women in Lweza which sparked her interest in health and virology. She graduated in 2020 earning a bachelors in Neurobiology and certificates in Global Health and Gender & Women’s studies. Her favorite tasks in the lab are to differentiate cells and to work on projects with others.
Outside of the lab, Teressa volunteers as a medical assistant at a local free clinic. She also enjoys hiking, playing tennis, reading, and is currently learning to ski.
Xueer Qiu (Graduate Student)
Xueer is a graduate student in the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program (MDTP) at UW-Madison. Born and raised in Shanghai, China, she went to New York for college and earned a B.A. in Biochemistry with minors in Mathematics and Dance at New York University in 2017. While pursuing an M.S. in Biomedical Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, she did research with Dr. Dusan Bogunovic whose lab studies human inborn errors in immunity and genetic predisposition to infectious diseases or autoinflammation. She has since then developed a research interest in the genetic causes underlying susceptibility to inflammatory and infectious diseases and joined the Bailey lab to study host factors that contribute to viral hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis. In her spare time, Xueer enjoys dancing, hiking, and playing guqin, a traditional Chinese musical instrument.
Sara Maloney (Graduate Student)
Sara is a graduate student in the Cellular and Molecular Pathology program at UW-Madison, She was born in Irvine, CA and completed her B.S. in Biochemistry from UC Riverside in 2018. Following a brief stint in the biotech industry, she was determined to gain more bench lab experience in preparation for grad school. She left the west coast and moved to the midwest to join Dr. Jenifer Prosperi’s lab at the Harper Cancer Research Institute at Notre Dame as a Research Technician/Lab Manager. During her time there, she looked at cell cycle perturbations in chemoresistant breast cancer cells and developed CRISPR KO cell lines for the lab. She went down a literary “rabbit hole” while familiarizing herself with lentivirus biology and piqued an interest in high-containment viruses. Sara excitedly joined the Bailey lab, where her project dives into aberrant coagulation during EBOV infection. In her free time, Sara is an avid cook and enjoys hiking, yoga, and monitoring local dog adoption pages.
Andrew Norton (MSTP student)
Andrew is a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) student in the Cellular & Molecular Pathology Program (CMP) at UW-Madison. Born and raised in southern Missouri, he went to the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities for college and earned a B.S. in Microbiology, Neuroscience, and Genetics, Cell Biology, & Development. Following undergrad, Andrew worked Dr. Kim Mansky’s lab studying bone homeostasis with a focus on osteoclast differentiation, epigenetic regulators, and estrogen signaling, as well as, working at 3M Biomaterials and Molecular Microbiology department developing novel molecular genetics materials and low abundance microbial authentication systems. He has always had a strong desire to study viral pathogenesis and infectious disease prevention and mitigation. He joined the Bailey Lab to study the interaction between viral and host factors that contribute to viral hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys advocacy, medical education, working out, electronic music, traveling, and spending time with friends.
Logan Borsinger (Masters Student)
Mark Sharobim (Pathology Resident/Hemepath Fellow)
Mark is a resident in Pathology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, pursuing dual Anatomic (AP) and Clinical (CP) board certifications. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Mark got his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at the University of Toronto, where conducted research in the lab of Dr. Leonardo Salmena to understand mechanisms of chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukemia and cellular signaling in autophagy. Mark then pursued medical education at Saba University School of Medicine in the Caribbean before coming to UW. He is interested in how viruses interact with the immune system, and is intrigued by how viruses cause hematopoietic pathologies. Mark’s primary clinical interests are in hematopathology and he plans to complete a one-year heme-path fellow at UW starting in the Fall of 2024 before finishing his final year of residency. Outside of the lab, Mark enjoys watching and playing basketball and listening to rap music.
Isaac Jung (Undergraduate)
Isaac is an undergraduate at UW-Madison, majoring in biochemistry and pursuing a certificate in data science. Born in Daegu, South Korea, he graduated from high school there and developed an interest in biochemistry. Eager to engage in research during his undergraduate years, he decided to study abroad in the United States and chose UW-Madison. Isaac is now interested in pursuing a PhD with a focus on virology and immunology. In his free time, he enjoys playing badminton and tennis.
Belle Barney (Undergraduate)
Belle Barney is from Prior Lake Minnesota and is pursuing a degree in Microbiology at UW-Madison. She is interested in learning more about the immune system and viruses with the goal of preparing for graduate school. For fun she likes to read, knit, crochet, paint, and play video games. She is also a trumpeter in the UW marching band.
