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FACULTY
MARCIA A. BLACKMAN, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Immunity to Persistent Infections.
2. Immunity and Aging.
3. The Impact of Vitamin Deficiency on Immunity.
 
ANDREA COOPER, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Initiation of cellular responses in the lung.
2. Control of inflammatory responses in the lung.
3. Chronic infection in the elderly.
 
LAURA HAYNES, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. The Impact of Aging on Immune Responses.
2. Examination of Vaccine Efficacy and Protection from Infection.
 
MITHILESH JHA, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Calcium signaling in the immune system.
 
LAWRENCE L. JOHNSON, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Innate and acquired immunity to infection.
 
ELIZABETH LEADBETTER, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Cooperation of NKT cells and B cells in response to lipid antigens.
2. Lipid-based vaccine strategies.
 
MARKUS MOHRS, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating type 1 immunity.
2. Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating type 2 immunity.
 
ROBERT NORTH, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Innate and Acquired Mechanisms of Immunity to Tuberculosis and Other Bacterial Infections.
 
STEVE SMILEY, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Roles for blood clotting pathways during infection and immunity.
2. Immune defense against pneumonia and pneumonic plague.
 
ALEXEI TUMANOV, M.D., PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. Control of inflammatory responses in the gut
2. Lymphoid organs in control of bacterial and viral pathogens
3. Immune control of liver diseases
 
ADJUNCT FACULTY
RICHARD W. DUTTON, PH.D.
Research Interests:
 
FRANCES E. LUND, PH.D.
Research Interests:
 
TROY D. RANDALL, PH.D.
Research Interests:
 
SUSAN L. SWAIN, PH.D.
Research Interests:
 
GARY WINSLOW, PH.D.
Research Interests:
 
DAVID WOODLAND, PH.D.
Research Interests:
1. What are the mechanics of a CD8+ T cell recall response to secondary virus?
2. How is antigen handled during pulmonary infections?
3. How does age impact established CD8+ T cell memory?
4. How does the immune response deal with persistent pathogens?
 


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RICHARD W. DUTTON, PH.D. TROY D. RANDALL, PH.D. SUSAN L. SWAIN, PH.D. LAURA HAYNES, PH.D. STEVE SMILEY, PH.D. DAVID WOODLAND, PH.D. MITHILESH JHA, PH.D. MARKUS MOHRS, PH.D. LAWRENCE L. JOHNSON, PH.D. ELIZABETH LEADBETTER, PH.D.GARY WINSLOW, PH.D. FRANCES E. LUND, PH.D. ROBERT NORTH, PH.D. MARCIA A. BLACKMAN, PH.D. ANDREA COOPER, PH.D. ALEXEI TUMANOV, M.D., PH.D.