Members
Below is a list of all Center for Human Immunobiology members. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Stevens, Whitney W
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Allergy and Immunology) and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
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Whitney W. Stevens MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine. She completed her bachelor and masters training at Johns Hopkins University. She graduated from the University of Vi... [more]
Sullivan, David
Research Associate Professor of Pathology (Research)
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David Sullivan is currently a Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University in the Pathology Department. Dr. Sullivan's research focuses on the mechanisms and signaling pathways involved in ... [more]
Sumagin, Ronen
Associate Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology)
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In the case of bacterial infection and mucosal injury neutrophil transepithelial migration is essential for host defense and tissue homeostasis, however, it may also lead to detrimental inflammation, ... [more]
Tan, Bruce K
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
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Sinusitis, chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, nasal tumors, smell and taste disturbances, minimally invasive approaches to the skull base, inflammation, mechanisms of smell loss from inflammation, thera... [more]
Tetreault, Marie-Pier
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
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In the Tetreault Lab, our goal is to better understand the crosstalk between epithelial cells and their surrounding microenvironment (immune cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells). A particular area o... [more]
Thorp, Edward Benjamin
Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology)
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Cell and Molecular Immunology and Cardiovascular Disease.
Vassar, Robert J
Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology) and Cell and Developmental Biology
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Our research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. In particular, we investigate the beta-secretase enzyme BACE1, which initiates the production of the beta-amyloid pept... [more]
Verghese, Priya S
Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Visvabharathy, Lavanya
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology (Neuro-infectious Disease and Global Neurology)
Walunas, Theresa L
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Medical Social Sciences, Microbiology-Immunology and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
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I received my PhD in immunology from the University of Chicago where I discovered the function of CTLA-4, the first checkpoint inhibitor. Following my MS in computer science, I worked in microbial gen... [more]