Dr. Charles Bailey

 

Executive Director Distiguished Professor of Biology.
  Email: akeleher@gmu.edu
  Website: http://www.gmu.edu/centers/biodefense/faculty_bailey.html

 

Work Phone: (703) 993-8396
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BioSketch:

Dr. Charles Bailey is a specialist in infectious diseases, and he has administrative and leadership responsibility for the Center. Dr. Bailey coordinates with the University leadership as well as government and contact officials regarding biodefense and homeland security issues. Dr. Bailey spent 25 years on active duty in the U.S. Army, where he served as a Research Scientist, Department Head, Deputy Commander for Research, Deputy Commander and Commander at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID).
 
Academic Background:

Dr. Bailey retired from the U.S. Army as a Colonel. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in biology and entomology from Oklahoma State University.
 

Research Interests:

Following his retirement from active duty, Dr. Bailey worked for the Defense Intelligent Agency (DIA) where he was responsible for following the offensive biological warfare program of the former Soviet Union. He was the DIA representative to the intelligence community on issues related to bioterrorism. Before joining the University, Dr. Bailey worked as a defense contractor and helped lead a team of scientists at Advanced Biosystems, conducting medical and scientific research dedicated to developing new forms of protection against biological weapons and other infectious diseases.

Recent Publications
 
Effective antiprotease-antibiotic treatment of experimental anthrax
S Popov  T Popova  S Hopkins  R S Weinstein  R MacAfee  K J Fryxell  V Chandhoke  C Bailey  K Alibek           
BMC Infectious Diseases  2005  5   25
Systemic Cytokine Response in Murine Anthrax
S Popov  T Popova  E Grene  F Klotz  C Bailey  J Cardwell  C Bradburne  Y Yama  M Maland  J Wells    T Voss  C BaileyA Nalca  K Alibek 
Cell Microbiology  2004  6   225
Anthrax lethal toxin inhibits the production of proinflammatory cytokines
A Wu  J Shiloach  L Li  H Liu  D Alibek  C Bradburne  J Kubler-Kielb  J Moore  J Cardwell  C Lobanova    K Alibek  C Bailey   
submitted to European Journal of Immunology  2003     
Anthrax toxin induces hemolysis: An indirect effect through polymorphonuclear cells
A Wu  D Alibek  Y Li  C Bradburne  C Bailey  K Alibek                
Journal of Infectious Diseases  2003     
Effect of Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
S Popov  R Villasmil  J Bernardi  E Grene  J Cardwell  T Popova  A Wu  D Alibek  C Bailey  K Alibek         
FEBS Letters  2002     
 
 

 

 

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