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Dr. Richard Dix is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Georgia State University, with an Adjunct Professor appointment at the Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine. His research focuses on the pathogenesis of retinal and neurological diseases caused by herpesviruses (HCMV, HSV1), funded by the NIH and National Eye Institute. He pioneered the MAIDS mouse model for AIDS-related HCMV retinitis and investigates programmed cell death pathways (apoptosis, necroptosis, pyroptosis, parthanatos) in viral disease progression.
Education: Ph.D. in Virology from Baylor College of Medicine (1978), followed by postdoctoral training at University of California, San Francisco (neurovirology) and San Francisco General Hospital (HIV/AIDS). Prior faculty roles at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, and over two decades at Georgia State University.
His research spans
- Herpesvirus pathogenesis in immunosuppressed hosts
- Development of translational animal models
- Immune response gene regulation
- Role of SOCS proteins in viral immunomodulation
- Interleukin signaling in retinal inflammation
- Cell death pathway interactions during infection
Recent publications highlight species-specific pyroptosis induction by CMVs (2025), inflammasome dynamics in retinitis (2024), and HSV1 microglial interactions (2023). His work bridges virology, immunology, and molecular biology to address unmet clinical needs in viral retinitis and encephalitis.
