Immunology
Usheer Kanjee, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kanjee@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Key words
Vaishali Kapoor, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: vkapoor@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
A major component of my research program is to (1) develop strategies for improving the therapeutic ratio of radiation therapy by increasing tumor sensitivity to radiation and limiting normal tissue toxicity and (2) understand the biological mechanisms of treatment resistance.
Key words
Cancer targeting, antibodies, Translational research, Radiation, Lung Cancer, Glioblastoma, Signaling mechanisms
Sana Karam, MD, PhD
James S McDonnell Professor & Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology
- Email: sanadkaram@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Key words
tumor growth, metastasis, signaling mechanisms, immunology, cancer, B cells, Tregs
Andrew Kau, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: akau@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Microbial community-immune interactions in airway diseases and urogenital tract
Key words
microbiota; microbiome; mucosal immunity; asthma; allergy; atopy; urinary tract infection; pathogen colonization; metabolomics;
Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ekefalog@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Key words
cellular signaling, tissue injury, inflammation, fibrosis, kidney disease
Peggy Kendall, MD
Virginia Minnich Distinguished Professor
- Email: peggy.kendall@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
The role of B lymphocytes in autoimmune disease
Key words
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: akim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
Identifying the role of cytokines in glomerular injury
Key words
B cell, podocytes, renal imaging, cytokines, systemic lupus erythematosus, biomarkers
Miriam Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: miriamykim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
My goal is to understand how CAR T cells interact with their immune environment, and to manipulate these interactions to improve outcomes of treatment.
Key words
CAR T cells, HSCs, cell therapy, gene therapy, cancer
Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
BJC Investigator & Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor
- Email: kipnis@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We study complex interactions between the immune and nervous systems in health and disease
Key words
Neuroimmunology; neuroscience; immunology; lymphatics; behavior; Alzheimer’s disease; neurodegeneration; glia; microglia; blood-brain barrier (BBB); meninges
Eynav Klechevsky, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: eklechevsky@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
understand the biology of different human dendritic cells and other myeloid cells as a key for manipulating immune responses in various disease conditions
Key words
Human Immunology, Dendritic Cells, Tumor Immunology, immune dysfunctions, Vaccines