Peter Barry

Peter A. Barry received a bachelor's degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology in 1976 from the University of Colorado and completed his doctorate in the laboratory of Dr. Mario Capecchi at the University of Utah. He finished his postdoctoral training in the Department of Pathology, UC Davis and became a Core Faculty Member of the Center for Comparative Medicine in 1998. Currently, he holds an appointment as a professor and director of CCM. Dr.Barry’s laboratory focuses on infection of rhesus macaques with rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV) as an in vivo system to studies human CMV (HCMV). Their studies have shown the relevance of the rhesus macaque model to investigate viral mechanisms of HCMV persistence and pathogenesis, and to evaluate prevention and intervention strategies that can limit infection and/or prevent viral disease.