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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

B. Paige Lawrence
Research Interest:

Delineating mechanisms by which environmental exposures during different life stages alter immune function

Faculty

Christina Post
Christina Post, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Email Christina
Research Interest:

Effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on antiviral immunity

Postdoctoral Scholars

Kristina Fenner
Kristina Fenner, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interest:

Studying the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells during viral infection 

Research Staff

Colleen O'Dell
Colleen O'Dell, M.S.
Research Specialist II

Graduate Students

Darline Castro-Melendez
Research Interest:

Single-cell methodologies, high dimensional analysis, and statistical modeling to understand the functional and phenotypic changes in the infant immune system as a function of antenatal and early life exposures to Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

Alicia Healey
Alicia Healey, PhD
- T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Immunology
Research Interest:

Investigating how AHR activation modulates neutrophil recruitment to the lung during viral infection

Research Assistants

Reena Caplash
Reena Caplash
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Examining how AHR regulates the T follicular helper cell function
Harrison Kern
Harrison Kern
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: AHR regulation of stem cell differentiation