Dr. Gerald Callahan
Colorado State University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology and the Department of English

Education

BS, University of Utah, 1969

PhD, University of Utah, 1974

Research Interests

Dr. Callahan investigates interactions between the human immune and nervous systems, the immunological basis of behavioral disease, the behavioral basis of immunological disorders, and the public understanding of science. Dr. Callahan holds a joint appointment with the Department of English.

Selected Recent Publications

First Self. Emerging Infectious Disease, 11:333, 2005

Eating Dirt. Emerging Infectious Disease, 9:1016, 2003

Madness. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8:998, 2002

Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion: What Immunology Can Teach Us About Self-Perception, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press January, 2002, Paperback Edition, Berkeley Press (an imprint of Penguin/Putnam), April 2003,

Infection: The Uninvited Universe, St. Martins Press, Spring 2006

Callahan, G.N. Ode to Joy: Infection as Communication. Science and Spirit November/December 2003

Callahan, G.N. Just the Two of Us: Immunity and Mind, Turnrow, Winter 2003

Callahan, G.N. Darwin’s Dream, Turnrow, Winter 2005

Gerald N. Callahan is immunologist/pathologist with over 30 years of experience in modern biomedical research. He is currently associate professor of immunology/public understanding of science in the department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology as well as the Department of English at Colorado State University. His articles have appeared in scientific journals such as Nature, Journal of Experimental Medicine, and Journal of Immunology. In Addition he is a poet/essayist whose work has appeared in literary journals such as Creative Nonfiction, Southern Poetry Review, Puerto Del Sol, and Emerging Infectious Diseases.