Faculty

Innate and adaptive immune response to transplanted organs and the mechanisms of transplantation tolerance. 

Clinical and laboratory translational studies (spatial and single cell genomics & transcriptomics) of breast cancer

Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia.          

My research focuses on the immunoregulatory mechanisms regulating anti-tumor immunity and autoimmune or allogeneic responses, with specific emphasis on regulatory CD8+ T cells and human immunology.

Our lab is focused on the host protective immune responses to M. tuberculosis, a major factor in outcome of infection.   

Drug Delivery, Biomimetics, Immunotherapeutics, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Synthetic Systems          

Our research objectives are focused on elucidating the genetic causes and developmental mechanisms of human congenital heart disease (CHD).

Brain basis of cognitive maturation through adolescence to adulthood.