Jenny Ting, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Topics include gene discovery, genomics/proteomics, gene transcription, signal transduction, molecular immunology. Disease relevant issues include infectious diseases, autoimmune and demyelinating di … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology |
Roland Tisch, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our work focuses on T cell-mediated autoimmunity with a particular interest in type 1 diabetes. Efforts involve defining the events driving the breakdown of self-tolerance within the T cell compartmen … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Signaling, Diabetes, Gene Therapy, Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Nanomedicine, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Ageliki Tsagaratou, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab is interested in epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of conventional and unconventional T cell development, differentiation and function. Our research aims to decipher how aberrations in … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Systems Biology |
Barbara Vilen, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory studies systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a heterogeneous autoimmune disease associated with tissue damage in skin, kidneys, lung, heart, brain, and vasculature. Murine and human studi … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Arthritis, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Immunology, Translational Medicine |
Matthew R. Vogt, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We want to understand why common pediatric respiratory virus infections cause severe disease in some people. Currently we focus on picornaviruses like parechovirus, which causes sepsis and ence … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Children's Research Institute, Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Drug Discovery, Immunology, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Virology |
Yisong Wan, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We are a molecular genetic laboratory studying immune functions by combining mouse models, mulit-omics, molecular, biochemical and genetic approaches. The focus of our research is to investigate the m … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Cell Signaling, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Immunology |
Jason Whitmire, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My lab studies the underlying mechanisms that stimulate immune responses to virus infections. We characterize the molecular and host-genetic pathways that lead to antiviral T cell responses, as … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Immunology, Virology |
Matthew C. Wolfgang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen responsible for a variety of diseases in individuals with compromised immune function. Dr. Wolfgang’s research focuses on the pathogene … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology, Oral Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Cell Signaling, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection |
David Zaharoff, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The ImmunoEngineering lab develops translatable delivery systems to enhance vaccines and immunotherapies. Our general approach is to develop biomaterials-based or protein engineering strategies capabl … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Drug Delivery, Immunology, Prostate Cancer, Translational Medicine |







