{"id":3747,"date":"2019-10-10T20:32:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T00:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=3747"},"modified":"2023-09-06T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:38:06","slug":"ilona-jaspers","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/directory\/ilona-jaspers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilona Jaspers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Institution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/\">University of North Carolina School of Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research in my lab focuses on the mechanisms by which exposure to air pollutants can enhance the susceptibility to and the severity of respiratory virus infections. Specifically, we are examining the effects of air pollutants such as diesel exhaust and cigarette smoke on influenza virus infections, using several in vitro models of the respiratory epithelium. In collaboration with physicians from the Department of Pediatrics, we are also translating these studies into humans in vivo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/directory\/ilona-jaspers-phd\/\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/entrez?Db=pubmed&amp;Cmd=DetailsSearch&amp;Term=Jaspers+I[Author]\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institution: University of North Carolina School of Medicine About: Research in my lab focuses on the mechanisms by which exposure to air pollutants can enhance the susceptibility to and the severity of respiratory virus infections. Specifically, we are examining the effects of air pollutants such as diesel exhaust and cigarette smoke on influenza virus infections, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/directory\/ilona-jaspers\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ilona Jaspers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3769,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3747","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Ilona Jaspers"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Jaspers, Ilona"],"_upd_last_name":["Jaspers"],"_upd_first_name":["Ilona"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Office:<\/strong> EPA Human Studies Facility<strong> | Phone:<\/strong> (919) 966-8657<strong> | <a href=\"mailto:ilona_jaspers@med.unc.edu\">Email<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nPrime Focus: Mechanisms by which air pollutants enhance susceptibility to and the severity of respiratory virus infections."],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":["PhD"],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"ilona_jaspers@med.unc.edu"}]],"_upd_phone":[[{"phone_text":"(919) 966-8657","phone_type":"Office Phone"}]],"_upd_address":[[{"address":{"address-1":"EPA Human Studies Facility","address-2":"104 Mason Farm Road","campus-box":"Campus Box 7310","city":"Chapel Hill","state":"NC","zip":"27599"}}]],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/3747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/3747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}