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Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2000

Thesis Advisor: Paul M. Allen

Thesis Title: T Cell Function in Tumor-bearing Hosts

Program: Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Timothy M. Lohman

Thesis Title: Thermodynamics and Conformational Heterogeneity of RecBCD Binding to DNA Ends

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Current advisor: Jacco Boon, PhD

Undergraduate university: American University of Beirut, 2010

Program affiliation
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Studying effects of dysregulated nutrients in the tumor microenvironment on anti-tumor immunity.

Key words
immunometabolism, tumor immunology, polyamine transport

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2009

Thesis Advisor: Lee Ratner

Thesis Title: HIV-1 Envelope-Induced Signaling Mediates Actin Cytoskeleton Rearrangements Necessary for Fusion and Entry.

Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology

Graduation Year: 2005

Thesis Advisor: Jonathan B Losos

Thesis Title: Competition and community structure in day geckos (Phelsuma) in the Indian Ocean

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Washington University, 2020

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2004

Thesis Advisor: Ann A. Craig

Thesis Title: Regulation of synaptic proteins by activity: contrasting global and local activity blockade

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Dr. Haroutounian studies neuropathic pain with a focus on determining individual predictors of treatment response to analgesic pharmacotherapy.

Key words

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis Advisor: Gregory F. Wu

Thesis Title: Pathogenic consequences of B cell-mediated CD4 T cell activation in a MHCII-dependent model of central nervous system autoimmunity