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Barry, Michael A., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Medicine
barry.michael@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Vector targeting
  • Gene therapy
  • Vaccine development
  • Oncolytic cancer therapy
  • In vivo ligand and virus imaging

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Billadeau, Daniel D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Immunology
billadeau.daniel@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Signal transduction
  • Identification and characterization of intracellular signaling cascades linking extracellular stimuli to cellular activation

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Bram, Richard J., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology
bram.richard@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Signal transduction
  • Molecular signaling in immune system activation and neoplastic transformation

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David, Chella S., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Microbiology
david.chella@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Immunogenetics
  • Immunogenetic aspects of the immune response with emphasis on MHC Class I and II genes

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Dong, Haidong, M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Urology
dong.haidong@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • T cell co-stimulation and co-inhibition
  • T cell tolerance in tumor host
  • Tumor immunotherapy
  • CD8 T cell memory

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Faubion, William A., M.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
faubion.william@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Relationship between cells of the innate immune system, regulatory T cells, and commensal bacteria.
  • Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

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Gil Pages, Diana, Ph.D., (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Immunology
gilpages.diana@mayo.edu


Hedin, Karen E., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Immunology
hedin.karen@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Molecular immunology
  • Signal transduction
  • Chemokine receptors: molecular mechanisms and biological effects
  • T lymphocyte development and immune activation
  • Tumor metastasis
  • Molecular determinants of antitumor vaccines
  • Transplantation immunology

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Howe, Charles L., Ph.D. (Rochester)

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
howe.charles@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Neuroimmunology
  • Central nervous system (CNS) immunopathology
  • CNS immunoregulation
  • Innate immune responses to CNS virus infection
  • Demyelinating diseases
  • Neuroprotective therapeutics

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Jelinek, Diane F., Ph.D. (Rochester)

Associate Professor of Immunology
jelinek.diane@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Growth and differentiation of B lymphocytes
  • Multiple myeloma
  • B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  • Receptor interactions

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Kita, Hirohito, M.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Immunology
kita.hirohito@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Allergic diseases and asthma
  • Immunobiology of eosinophils
  • Adhesion molecules
  • Granulocyte activation

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Knutson, Keith L. Ph.D., (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Immunology
knutson.keith@mayo.edu


Kwon, Eugene D., M.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Immunology and Urology

kwon.eugene@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Cancer immunotherapy
  • Developing state-of-the-art immunotherapies for prostrate, kidney or bladder cancer

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Lennon, Vanda A., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)

Professor of Immunology and Neurology
lennon.vanda@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Neuroimmunology
  • Molecular mechanisms of paraneoplastic autoimmunity and loss of self-tolerance

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Lustgarten, Joseph, Ph.D. (Arizona)
Associate Professor of Immunology
lustgarten.joseph@mayo.edu


Markovic, Svetomir N., M.D., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Associate Professor of Oncology and Medicine
markovic.svetomir@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Immune modulation in cancer patients
  • Monitoring immune response in cancer patients
  • Developing new methodology for monitoring immune function
  • Anti-angiogenesis therapy in clinical trials

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Medina, Kay L., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Immunology
medina.kay@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • B cell development
  • Molecular regulation of cell fate determination
  • Cytokine signaling
  • Cancer stem cells in B cell malignancies

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Pease, Larry R., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Immunology and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

pease.larry@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Antigen recognition by T cells
  • Immune potentiation of T cell immunity
  • T cell repertoire
  • Antitumor and antivirus responses
  • Immunology of multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Antibodies as receptor ligands

    more…

Poeschla, Eric M., M.D. (Rochester)

Associate Professor of Medicine
poeschla.eric@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Gene therapy
  • Mechanisms of lentiviral disease pathogenesis

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Rodriguez, Moses, M.D. (Rochester)

Professor of Neurology and Immunology
rodriguez.moses@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Virus-induced demyelination
  • Promotion of remyelination using monoclonal antibodies
  • Immune response to virus infection of the nervous system

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Schrum, Adam G. Ph.D. (Rochester)
Assistant Professor of Immunology
schrum.adam@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Adaptive immunity and tolerance
  • Network properties of signal transduction
  • Chronic inflammation and cancer
  • T cell antigen receptor structure and function

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Shapiro, Virginia M., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Senior Associate Consultant
shapiro.virginia1@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Epigenetic regulation of hematopoiesis
  • Regulation of lymphocyte development and homeostasis
  • Signal transduction in T cell activation


Vile, Richard G., Ph.D. (Rochester)
Professor of Immunology
vile.richard@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Fusogenic membrane glycoproteins as a novel class of genes for the local and immune-mediated control of tumor growth
  • Mechanisms of heat shock protein 70 induced during tumor cell killing
  • Adoptive transfer of dendritic cells into tumors

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Wettstein, Peter J., Ph.D. (Rochester)

Professor of Surgery and Immunology
wettstein.peter@mayo.edu

Research interests:

  • Immunogenetics
  • Regulation of the cell response to minor histocompatibility antigens in mice

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