Felicia Goodrum

Felicia Goodrum is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Dartmouth College, focusing on virus-host interactions. Her research explores how DNA viruses, particularly human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), manipulate cellular processes to establish latency and evade immune responses.

Research Interests:

• Understanding HCMV's mechanisms to subvert host biology for indefinite persistence
• Investigating viral strategies to sense and respond to host cues during latency-replication transitions
• Identifying pivotal host-virus interaction points to control HCMV pathology

Dr. Goodrum's work leverages HCMV's complexity as a model to dissect fundamental cellular processes and develop antiviral strategies.