Our goal is to understand the role of neural-immune interactions in pain, host defense, and immunity. It is increasingly clear that microbes and immune...

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...

Research Interests

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

CD4+ T cell Tolerance

CD4+ T lymphocytes comprise a principal component of the adaptive immune system. These cells recognize processed antigens...

Inflammation and Memory as Drivers of Barrier Tissue Ecology

Our goal is to understand the principles of how inflammation drives memory...

Assembly and signal transduction of the T cell receptor for antigen. To examine the role of the CD3 genes in thymocyte development and in T cell function...

This laboratory's area of research involves studies of autoimmunity in models of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, arthritis and diabetes in the...