Clinicn Investigator, Instruct Pulmonary, Mass General Research Institute

Instructor in Medicine Harvard Medical School

chemokines; hemeproteins; immunity; lung diseases; malaria cerebral; malaria falciparum; myeloid differentiation factor 88; plasmodium berghei; propylene glycols; regulatory t cells; sphingosine; t cells; toll-like receptors The overall goal of my research is to understand how immune dysregulation contributes to lung disease. Specifically, we use mouse models of influenza, ARDS and asthma to study how regulatory T cells (Tregs) and trafficking molecules called chemokines regulate the immune response to infection and injury in the lung. Our laboratory is affiliated with affiliated with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases at MGH.