Training Faculty for Immunology (IMM)

Program Directors: Patricia Cortes, Ph.D., and Adrian Ting, Ph.D.

Training Faculty

• Konstantina Alexandropoulos, , Senior Faculty, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Thymic epithelial cell differentiation and regulation of T cell tolerance; mechanisms of T cell-mediated autoimmunity; Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate leukocyte trafficking
  
• Christopher F. Basler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Molecular determinants of virulence of emerging viruses, including Ebola virus, Nipah virus and pandemic influenza virus
  
• M. Cecilia Berin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Gastrointestinal dendritic cells in allergic inflammation; Role of IgE receptors on intestinal epithelial cells in food allergy
  
• Julie Magarian Blander, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Translational Research
  Research: Dendritic cell and macrophage biology, host-pathogen interactions, Toll-like receptors and pattern recognition receptor signaling and cell biology, analysis of immune function in vivo and in vitro, phagocytosis and phagosome maturation, antigen presentation, T cell activation and differentiation, tumor immunity, gene expression, retroviral and lentiviral transductions, protein biochemistry, analysis of transgenic and gene targeted mice.
  
• Jonathan S. Bromberg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: Cellular and molecular transplant immunology with a focus on tolerance and the roles of regulatory T cells, trafficking, and secondary lymphoid organ structure.
  
• Brian Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Translational Research
  Research: Immunology; Immunological Tolerance; Infectious Disease; Inflammation; Antigen Presentation; Dendritic Cells; Autoimmunity; Diabetes; Molecular Biology; Gene Discovery; Gene Expressions; Gene Regulation; RNA; RNA Regulation; microRNA
  
• Steven Burakoff, M.D., Professor, Department of Oncological Sciences
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: T cell immunology focusing on T cell activation. Tumor immunology with a focus on model vaccine development. Regulation of CD4 by HIV.
  
• Benjamin K. Chen, M.D.,Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: HIV-1, virus-host interactions, assembly, membrane protein interactions, RNA-Gag interactions, functional cloning, mouse model for lentiviral infection
  
• Shu-Hsia Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Cancer Immunology, immune modulated cancer therapy
  
• Patricia Cortes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Molecular mechanism and regulation of antigen receptor gene rearrangement
  
• Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: Human immunodeficiency diseases; mechanisms and treatments
  
• Christopher C Dascher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Antigen presentation and infectious diseases
  
• Terry F. Davies, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: Mechanisms in autoimmune disease with an emphasis on autoimmune thyroid disease
  
• George A. Diaz, M.D.,Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: Molecular genetics of inherited metabolic disease and disease gene discovery
  
• Paul S. Frenette, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: Adhesion mechanisms regulating hematopoiesis and the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease
  
• Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Molecular Biology of RNA viruses
  
• Peter S. Heeger, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine (Nephrology)
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Transplant immunology, complement, T cells
  
• Paul E. Klotman, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: HIV pathogenesis; HIV associated nephropathy; renal diseases; podoocan; sidekick
  
• Mary E. Klotman, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: Molecular pathogenesis and therapy of HIV
  
• Sergio A. Lira, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Chemokines; leukocyte trafficking; angiogenesis; lymphoid development; mouse genetics
  
• Lloyd F. Mayer, M.D., Professor, Center for Immunobiology
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Clinical Research
  Research: Regulation of mucosal immune responses; antigen presentation by intestinal epithelial cells
  
• Miriam Merad, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Ontogeny and homeostasis of Langerhans cells; role of Langerhans cells in skin graft versus host disease (GVHD)
  
• Thomas M. Moran, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Immune response to virus infection Viruses used: -Influenza, Newcastle Disease, and Sendai Models used: -mouse (in vivo, in-vitro, and ex-vivo) -human (in-vitro) cells isolated from human donors Cell types currently studied: -PBMCs, Monocytes, Dendritic cells, (cDCs & mDCs) Topics of interest: Effect of cytokine release on: -inflammation -trafficking Study of In VItro Immune response of cells isolated from pregnant donors to various laboratory viruses
  
• Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Translational Research
  Research: Differentiation and migration of dendritic cells
  
• Hugh A. Sampson, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Translational Research
  Research: Immunopathogenic mechanisms of food allergic disorders and asthma; immunomodulatory therapies
  
• Stuart C. Sealfon, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Systems biology of cellular signaling specificity in response to drugs or viruses
  
• Mihaela Skobe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Oncological Sciences
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Cancer metastasis, lymphangiogenesis, angiogenesis
  
• Hans-Willem Snoeck, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine
  Research: Stem cell biology; immunology; gene therapy; hematopoiesis
  
• Adrian T. Ting, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Translational Research
  Research: Antiviral immune response; signal transduction in cell survival and cell death; molecular mechanisms of inflammation
  
• Domenico Tortorella, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  Research: Viral subversion of the adaptive branch of the immune system
  
• Huabao Xiong, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research
  
• Karen S. Zier, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine
  Type(s) of Research: Basic Science Research; Translational Research
  Research: Tumor immunology; T cells; immunotherapy, and immunosuppression