Ongoing Research

Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Sex steroid hormone synthesis in the epithelium

J. David Farrar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Immune cell function and development

Dustin Hancks, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Genetics of host-virus interfaces

Lora Hooper, Ph.D.

Department Chair

Intestinal bacteria influence on mammalian hosts

Shuang Liang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Pathophysiology of liver disease

Yuki Obata, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of inter-organ communication

Robert C. Orchard II, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Host-pathogen interactions

Tiffany Reese, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Maternal infection and fetal immune programming

Andrew Sandstrom, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Molecular mechanisms responsible for pathogen recognition and stress response

Nicolai van Oers, Ph.D.

Professor

Molecular mechanisms responsible for regulating the development and regeneration of the thymus

Tuoqi Wu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Molecular programs responsible for regulating T-cell exhaustion and stemness

Nan Yan, Ph.D.

Professor

Innate immunity's impact on infectious and autoimmune diseases

Chen Yao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of T-cell differentiation and function

Zhenyu Zhong, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Role of the mitochondria in regulating tissue homestasis, inflammation, repair, and regeneration