Dr. Gack is the Arthur and Marylin Levitt Endowed Chair and Scientific Director of the Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center. Before joining the Cleveland Clinic in 2020, she was faculty at Harvard and the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the interplay of viruses with innate and intrinsic defense pathways, such as cytokine and autophagic responses, and how viruses dysregulate antiviral signaling. Another long-term goal of her research is to determine the mechanisms by which viral pathogens usurp human-modifying enzymes for their efficient replication.

Susan C. Baker is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago. Her research focuses on the replication and pathogenesis of coronaviruses, particularly on identifying viral protease inhibitors and viral modulators of the host interferon response to infection. The Baker lab recently described the role of the coronavirus endoribonuclease in cleaving viral RNA to limit recognition of infection by host sensors. Dr. Baker is actively involved in mentoring graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.

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