Rami Dalloul

2025 D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Research

Rami Dalloul is the R. Harold Harrison Distinguished Professor of Poultry Science and interim assistant dean for research at CAES. A native of Lebanon, he earned dual bachelor’s degrees in animal sciences and agricultural engineering and a master’s degree in poultry microbiology from the American University of Beirut before completing a doctorate in poultry immunology and gut health at the University of Maryland. After a postdoctoral fellowship on immunity to enteric pathogens, Dalloul joined the faculty at Virginia Tech, moving to the CAES Department of Poultry Science in 2020.

His research focuses on host-pathogen interactions during enteric challenges in commercial poultry, with an emphasis on coccidiosis and clostridial diseases in chickens and turkeys. His group also investigates nutritional immunology, exploring molecular mechanisms of mucosal immunomodulation and strategies to enhance immune development and promote a healthy microbiome in poultry production.