Chester Allen Alper

Professor of Pediatrics

The primary interest of this laboratory is in the control by genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of immune functions and in the role that MHC... Read more about Chester Allen Alper

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Boston Children's Hospital
200 Longwood Ave.
WAB 132A
Boston, MA 02115

chester.alper@childrens.harvard.edu

p: 617-713-8850



K. Frank Austen

Astrazeneca Professor of Respiratory and Inflammatory Diseases in the Department of Medicine

The central focus of the laboratory continues to be on the molecular and cellular biology of the mast cell, the pathways of arachidonic acid metabolism to... Read more about K. Frank Austen

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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Department of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy
Building for Transformative Medicine
60 Fenwood Road, 5th Floor, Room 5002X
Boston, MA 02115

fausten@research.bwh.harvard.edu

p: 617-525-1300



Nora Barrett

Associate Professor of Medicine

Innate immunity in the respiratory tract is exquisitely complex and tightly regulated, surveying 10,000 liters of air a day. While canonical pattern-...

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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hale Building for Transformative Medicine, Room 05002R
60 Fenwood Road

Boston, MA 02115

nbarrett@bwh.harvard.edu

p: 617-525-1270



Patrick J Brennan

Assistant Professor of Medicine

By the time we see patients in the clinic, pathology is usually established, and the flames of inflammation are already burning. What keeps inflammation...

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Brigham and Women's Hospital
BTM 5th Floor, Room 5002S
60 Fenwood road
Boston, MA 02115

pbrennan3@bwh.harvard.edu

p: 617-525-1016



Oleg Butovsky

Associate Professor of Neurology

The major scientific interest of the Butovsky lab is to understand the biology of resident microglia and peripheral innate immunity in brain homeostasis...

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Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases
Department of Neurology,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
BTM, Office 10002K
60 Fenwood Dr.
Boston, MA 02115

obutovsky@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

p: 617-525-5313



Christopher V. Carman

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Our laboratory investigates the cell biological basis of inflammation and wound healing with special emphasis on leukocyte-endothelial interactions. The...

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Harvard School of Public Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Building I, Room 305
Boston, MA 02215

ccarman@hsph.harvard.edu

p: 617-432-4381



Rachael Clark

Shing-Yiu Yip and Cecilia M. Hepp Associate Professor of Dermatology

My laboratory focuses on the study of tissue resident T cells in humans. We isolate and study the T cells in human lung, cervix, decidua and...

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Harvard Skin Disease Research Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Department of Dermatology
EBRC Room 505A
221 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

rclark1@partners.org

p: 617-962-3386



Reza Dana

Claes H. Dohlman Professor of Ophthalmology

Research Interests

Our lab’s major focus is on the mechanisms by which both immune and non-hematopoietic (tissue resident) cells maintain...

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The Schepens Eye Research Institute
20 Staniford Street
Boston, MA 02114

reza_dana@meei.harvard.edu

p: 617-912-7401



Shawn Demehri

Associate Professor

Our laboratory investigates the role of the immune system in modulating the early stages of cancer development in order to harness its anti-tumor...

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Department of Dermatology and MGH Cancer Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Cutaneous Biology Research Center
Building 149 13th Street, 3rd floor
Charlestown MA 02129

sdemehri1@mgh.harvard.edu



Michael Dougan

Assistant Professor of Medicine

My research focuses on understanding the balance between protective antitumor immunity and immunotherapy toxicities. In preclinical mouse models my lab...

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Jackson 828
55 Fruit St.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114



Irene Ghobrial

Professor of Medicine

My research focuses on understanding mechanisms of tumor progression from early precursor conditions such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined...

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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Longwood Center 8116
360 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

irene_ghobrial@dfci.harvard.edu

p: (617) 632-4198



Martin E. Hemler

Professor of Pathology

Research in Dr. Hemler's laboratory is focused on novel mechanisms which affect tumor cell interactions with leukocytes, endothelial cells and fibroblasts...

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana Bldg, Rm. 1430
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 2115

martin_hemler@dfci.harvard.edu

p: 632-3410



Timothy Hla

Patricia K. Donahoe Professor of Surgery

Lipid signaling in immunity and inflammatory disease

My laboratory studies the biology of the bioactive lipid mediator- sphingosine 1-phosphate...

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Boston Children's Hospital
Dept of Surgery, Karp Building, 12.211
1 Blackfan Circle
Boston, MA 02115

timothy.hla@childrens.harvard.edu

p: (617) 919-2179



I-Cheng Ho

Associate Professor of Medicine

The function of many proteins is regulated by post-translational modifications. One such modification is citrullination, which converts peptidylarginine...

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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Department of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy
Building for Transformative Medicine (BTM)
60 Fenwood Road, Room 6002M
Boston, MA 02115

iho@bwh.harvard.edu

p: 617-525-1005



Bruce H. Horwitz

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

The major focus of my laboratory is to understand the role of the NF-κB family of transcription factors in regulating innate inflammatory responses. NF-κB...

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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Pathology, NRB, Room 0630-E
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 2115

bhorwitz@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

p: 617-525-4404



Ruaidhrí Jackson

Assistant Professor of Immunology

Mucosal Immunobiology

The mucosal barriers of the body facilitate the arduous task of promoting symbiosis with the resident microbiota while...

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Harvard Medical School
New Research Building
77 Avenue Louis Pastuer
Boston, MA 02115

ruaidhri_jackson@hms.harvard.edu



Nitya Jain

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

The Early Life Development of the Immune System

The main focus of the Jain lab is to understand how immunity develops in early life. In utero,...

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The Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Centre
114 16th Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

njain@ccib.mgh.harvard.edu

p: 617-726-4171



Marco Jost

Assistant Professor of Microbiology

The overarching goal of the Jost lab is to define the molecular mechanisms of host-microbiome communication using a combination of systematic CRISPR...

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Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115

marco_jost@hms.harvard.edu



Wolfgang Junger

Professor of Surgery

The main focus of this laboratory is to elucidate the role of ATP and adenosine receptor signaling in immune cell activation. We have discovered that...

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave.
DANA 811
Boston, MA 02215

wjunger@bidmc.harvard.edu

p: 617 667-7415



Vicki Rubin Kelley

Professor of Medicine

My laboratory focuses on the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation leading to tissue destruction. More specifically, we are...

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Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Institutes of Medicine
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 2115

vkelley@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

p: 617-525-5915

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