RESEARCH AREAS

IMMUNE ACTIVATION AND REGULATION
molecular and cellular mechanisms of immune responses and immune tolerance

Pascale Alard
Hari Bodduluri
Rafael Fernandez-Botran
Denis Kinane
Michele Kosiewicz
Thomas Mitchell
Hui Shao
Robert Stout
Deming Sun
Jill Suttles
Jun Yan

 

CELL BIOLOGY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

intracellular signal cascades that regulate immune function

Hari Bodduluri
Rafael Fernandez-Botran

George Hajishengallis
Jon Klein
Michele Kosiewicz

Michael Martin
Kenneth McLeish
Thomas Mitchell
Maruisz Ratajczak
Robert Stout
Deming Sun
Jill Suttles

INNATE IMMUNITY/INFLAMMATION
neutrophils, macrophages, and natural killer cells and the chemokines/cytokines that regulate their migration and function

Hari Bodduluri

George Hajishengallis
Suzanne Ildstad
Jon Klein

James Lillard

Michael Martin
Kenneth McLeish
Mariusz Ratajczak
Robert Stout
Deming Sun
Jill Suttles
Jun Yan

HEMATOPOIESIS/LYMPHOPOIESIS
cell differentiation and lineage decisions

Suzanne Ildstad
Thomas Mitchell
Mariusz Ratajczak

STEM CELL BIOLOGY
Stem cell differentiation, renewal, and molecular aspects of tissue/organ regeneration

Suzanne Ildstad

Christina Kaufman
Mariusz Ratajczak

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE: pathogenesis and therapy
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Uveitis, Colitis, Lupus Erythematosus

Pascale Alard
Hari Bodduluri
Suzanne Ildstad
Henry Kaplan
Michele Kosiewicz
Thomas Mitchell
Hui Shao
Robert Stout
Deming Sun
Jill Suttles
Jun Yan

OPHTHALMOLOGY: the privileged eye
autoimmune uveitis, complement and neovascularization of the eye

Henry Kaplan

Jun Song Mo
Hui Shao
Deming Sun

ORAL IMMUNOLOGY
periodontal inflammation, gingivitis

George Hajishengallis

Denis Kinane
Michael Martin

CANCER IMMUNOLOGY
subversion of the immune system by tumors; innovative immunotherapies

Hari Bodduluri
Rafael Fernandez-Botran
Michele Kosiewicz

James Lillard
Thomas Mitchell
Haval Shirwan

Douglas Taylor
Robert Stout
Jun Yan

TRANSPLANTATION: preventing rejection
bone marrow and organ transplantation and molecular approaches to immunosuppression

Suzanne Ildstad
Christina Kaufman
Haval Shirwan
Esma Yolcu

School of Medicine | Interdisciplinary Program in Immunology