Ken Roth

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Courses:   Organisms lab (BIO 114), Human Physiology (BIO 270), Allied Health Microbiology (BIO 280), Immunology (BIO 442/3).

Interests:  Immunology

My research is currently an investigation of the role of interleukin-3 (IL-3) in cutaneous leishmaniasis, a skin disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania major.  Our laboratory uses a mouse model, including IL-3-deficient (“knockout”) mice, to conduct these studies.