The Immunology and Inflammation PhD Training Program faculty at Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences reflects a variety of backgrounds and research interests. Search all mentoring faculty.

Iannis Aifantis, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Chair, Department of Pathology
Research interests: molecular regulation of hematopoietic stem cell differentiation

Tessa J. Barrett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology
Research interests: immune responses in thrombosis and atherogenesis

Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD
Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Science, Chief Scientific Officer
The Saul J. Farber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Professor, Department of Medicine
Research interests: inflammation in the initiation of pancreatic cancer

Jeffrey S. Berger, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Surgery
Director, Cardiovascular Thrombosis Program
Research interest: platelet function in inflammatory disease

Jill Buyon, MD
The Lady Va and Sir Deryck Maughan Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine
Research interests: neonatal lupus

Ken H. Cadwell, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
Research interests: autophagy and innate immunity in the gut

Bruce Cronstein, MD
The Dr. Paul R. Esserman Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine; Professor, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Research interests: adenosine as a regulator of inflammation

Meike Dittmann, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
Research interests: imaging, immunology, microbiology, stem cell biology

Stefan Feske, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Research interests: calcium signaling in adaptive and innate immunity

Edward A. Fisher, MD, MPH, PhD
The Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Cell Biology, and Microbiology
Research interests: atherosclerosis and inflammation

Kamal Khanna, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Research interests: immune mechanisms that regulate pathogen clearance and inflammation; role of tissue-resident macrophages and CD8 T cells during infection

Sergei B. Koralov, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Research interests: B- and T-cell development; the contribution of chronic inflammation, microbiota, and antigen-receptor stimulation to malignant transformation; the role of noncoding RNAs in lymphocyte development and function; autoimmunity

Michelle Krogsgaard, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Research interests: T-cell recognition and signaling in autoimmunity and cancer; development of novel strategies for immunotherapy of cancer

Juan J. Lafaille, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Medicine
Research interests: regulatory T cells and autoimmunity

David E. Levy, PhD
The Dr. Louis A. Schneider Professor of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology; Professor, Department of Microbiology
Research interests: immunity to viral infection

Dan R. Littman, MD, PhD
The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology, Department of Pathology; Professor, Department of Microbiology
Research interests: T-cell development, differentiation, and function

Catherine Pei-ju Lu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery and Department of Cell Biology
Research interests: inflammatory skin disease, autoimmunity, transplant rejection

Amanda W. Lund, PhD
Interim Member of the Faculty, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology
Research interests: neoplasms, lymphatic vessels, melanoma, lymph nodes, T-lymphocytes

Ian Mohr, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Research interests: herpes virus interaction with host translation and signaling pathways

Kathryn J. Moore, PhD
The Jean and David Blechman Professor of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Research interests: innate immunity and atherosclerosis

Shruti Naik, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Research interests: inflammation, tissue regeneration and cancer, host-microbe interactions, and early in life immunity

Carla Nowosad, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Research interests: B cells, the germinal center and antibody responses in the intestine

Mark Philips, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Research interests: T-cell signaling through Rap-1 and Ras

Bhama Ramkhelawon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Surgery
Research interest: immune response in aortic aneurysms

Boris Reizis, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Medicine
Research interests: development and function of the immune system

Ana Rodriguez Fernandez, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Research interests: immune response to malaria parasites

Kelly V. Ruggles, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Research interests: bioinformatics, proteomics, functional genomics

Neville Sanjana, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
Research interests: CRISPR-Cas systems, gene knockout techniques, genetic engineering, neoplasms, RNA guide

Susan R. Schwab, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Research interests: lymphocyte migration and lipid signaling

Gregg J. Silverman, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology
Research interests: autoantibodies in rheumatic diseases and lupus

Jane A. Skok, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Research interests: variable diversity joining recombination and nuclear organization

Edward Y. Skolnik, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Research interests: signaling in the immune system and kidneys

Jun Wang, PhD
Interim Member of the Faculty, Department of Pathology
Research interests: cancer, computational biology, immunology, systems biology

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Research interests: medical oncology

Jeffrey N. Weiser, MD
Chair and Professor, Department of Microbiology
Research interests: host–pathogen interactions in the respiratory tract

Thomas Wisniewski, MD
The Lulu P. and David J. Levidow Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology; Professor, Departments of Pathology and Psychiatry
Research interests: Alzheimer’s disease vaccines