Associate Professor, Biology
B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. UCLA
Appointed In
2012
Office
Bioscience 200B
Hours
Monday 10:30am-12:00pm, Thursday 9:30am-11:00am, and by appointment.
Cheryl Okumura teaches Public Health Biology, Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis.
Her research focuses on host-pathogen interactions. Specifically, she studies cell biologic responses to infectious bacteria using a variety of molecular and genetic approaches. Her research examines diverse processes of the host cell such as gene regulation, signal transduction, apoptosis and autophagy in the response to infections produced by the bacterial pathogens Group A Streptococcus and Straphylococcus aureus.