Kristina De Paris, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The research in our group is focused on HIV pathogenesis and vaccine testing, with a special interest in pediatric HIV. To inform vaccine development, we are pursuing studies aimed at a deeper underst … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Genomics, Pathogenesis & Infection, Translational Medicine, Virology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Children's Research Institute, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Medicine, Nanomedicine, Pathology |
Misty Good, MD, MS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Good Laboratory is focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of a devastating intestinal disease primarily affecting premature infants called necrotizing entero … Read more |
Nilu Goonetilleke, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We are a human immunology lab focusing on all aspects of T cell immunobiology in HIV-1 infection. Studies range from basic questions like, ‘What are the determinants of the first T cell response follo … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Virology |
Jonathan Hansen, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Current research indicates that inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD’s), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are due to uncontrolled innate and adaptive immune responses to commensal (non-pa … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Department of Medicine (DOM), Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Translational Medicine |
Mark Heise, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study alphavirus infection to model virus-induced disease. Projects include 1) mapping viral determinants involved in encephalitis, and 2) using a mouse model of virus-induced arthritis to identif … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology |
Matthew Hirsch, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab works with adeno-associated viral vectors for both the characterization of vector and host responses upon transduction and as therapeutic agents for the treatment of genetic diseases. In part … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology, Ophthalmology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Drug Delivery, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Nanomedicine, Translational Medicine |
Ilona Jaspers, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My lab examines how inhaled agents modify respiratory immune responses using a number of translational research models. My group is particularly interested in how inhaled agents, such as ambient air p … Read more |
Tal Kafri, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research is focused on gene delivery by lentiviral vectors. We study the effects of host factors on gene delivery. We employ lentiviral vector libraries shRNA and cDNA. We characterize the safety a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Gene Therapy |
Prem Lakshmanane, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research in my laboratory has three interlinked focus areas: 1. IMMUNE RESPONSE TO INFECTION AND VACCINATION: Cutting-edge approaches to evaluate coronavirus and arbovirus antibody responses in … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Virology |





