Dr. Gerlach is a member of the Medical Technology Program faculty, College of Natural Science and also a member of the College of Human Medicine faculty. Most of the graduate students performing their dissertation or thesis research are from programs in the above colleges. Most projects revolve around transplant immunology or molecular diagnostics.

Current projects are :

• Comparison of fecal occult blood testing and Kras mutation screening as predictors for colonoscopy outcomes.
• Screening of random dogs for anti-DEA antibodies