Trainees

Research Interest: Development of gene delivery techniques to the lung using electroporation and modified nucleic acids

Research Interest: Investigating the role of proton sensing G-protein coupled receptors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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Understanding the role of the REV-ERB proteins in MYC-driven circadian disruption and cancer. 

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Understanding the role of MYC-driven circadian disruption in lung cancer cell transformation

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The mechanism behind sexual dimorphism in TNF-induced erosive inflammatory arthritis

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Pathomechanism of skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration in Myotonic Dystrophy

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Modulation of the cell-autonomous molecular clock by metabolic stress, and its role in the anti-tumor immune response. 

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Exploring the use of electroporation for gene delivery to the lung to treat cystic fibrosis

Research Interest: Analysis of Human Memory B Cell Expansion After Influenza Vaccination: Assessing The Vaccine Efficacy of Licensed Flu Vaccines in the United States and the Influence of Original Antigenic Sin in Mounting Humoral Immunological Response

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

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

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The role of CD4+ T-cells in the development of flavoring induced bronchiolitis obliterans

Research Interest: Exposure to environmental factors that bind the AHR regulates the differentiation and function of T follicular helper cells: a CD4+ T cell subset that is essential for the antibody response.

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Exploring the use of suppressor tRNAs for suppression of nonsense mutations in the CFTR gene as a potential treatment for cystic fibrosis

Research Interest: Host inflammatory responses that regulate sepsis prognosis

Research Interest: Investigating the effects of flavoring chemicals in e-cigarettes on macrophage function

Research Interest: Studying the effects of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid on lung barrier integrity and the development of asthma

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Inhalation toxicological assessment of tobacco and menthol flavored e-cigarettes

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The role of human milk oligosaccharides in the regulation of intestinal epithelial cell cytokine expression

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

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Characterizing the molecular underpinnings of muscle excitability in Myotonic Dystrophy and the development of potential therapeutics

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Resident memory T cells, influenza immune response, influenza vaccine development, applied bioinformatic methods

Research Interest: Tobacco products, dysregulated repair, mitochondria, and exosome dysfunction