•Vaccine development.
•Enhanced safety and efficacy of recombinant viral vectors such as vaccinia virus (VACV).
•Biodefense, zoonotic, and emerging diseases, including vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
•Retrovirology, including simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) as a model for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
•Viral immunology, pathogenesis, and immunomodulation.
•Oncolytic viral therapy and gene therapy.
•Molecular virology and synthetic biology.