HBA-USA members that conduct research on "Immunology"
-Autoimmunity
Taxiarchis Kourelis
Tufts University, Post-doctoral fellow
T cell-mast cell interaction in autoimmune diseases
taxkourel@yahoo.com
Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos
The Scripps Research Instutute, Professor
Immunology
argyrio@scripps.edu
- Cancer
Efstratios Katsoulidis, Ph.D.
Northwestern University, Research Assistant Professor
Biological Chemistry, Cancer, Hematology, Immunology
-katsoulidis@northwestern.edu
Christos Tzimas
University of Pennsylvania, Post doctoral fellow
Cancer stem cells
chtzimas@gmail.com
Athina Zacharia
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Research Scientist
1. Monitoring of the Immune Response to HER2/neu peptide vaccines in Breast Cancer patients (phase I and II clinical trials)
2. Complement-mediated Tissue injury and inflammation in Ischemia/Reperfusion
azacharia@usuhs.mil
- Cellular Immunity & Genetics
Paula Kavathas
Yale University School of Medicine, Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Immunobiology and Genetics
The interests of our lab are on developmental and functional aspects of the immune system. Lymphoid cells that mediate cellular immunity are called T
cells. They mature and differentiate in the thymus exiting into the periphery as either CD4+ or CD8+ T cells. One area of research is on the CD8 proteins,
alpha and beta. We are determining how the genes are regulated during development and how the CD8 proteins function on the T cell surface as
receptors. The other research area is on characterizing immune responses to the bacteria, Chlamyiai Trachomatis.
paula.kavathas@yale.edu
- Chromatin Biology
Charalampos Spilianakis
Yale University, Post-doctoral fellow
Molecular Immunology
cs526@email.med.yale.edu
- Complement Function
Aphrodite Kotrotsios
Immunology
aphroditekotrotsios@gmail.com
John D. Lambris
University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
lambris@mail.med.upenn.edu
- Cytokine Signal Transduction
Iannis Aifantis
New York University, Assistant Professor
Immunology, Molecular Biology
iaifanti@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Constantine D. Tsoukas
San Diego State University, Professor of Biology (Immunology)
Activation of the Immune System by Pathogens, Biochemistry of Immune Response
ctsoukas@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Becky Vonakis
Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Signal transduction in mast cells and basophils
Mechanism of FceRI signaling initiation
Signaling changes in allergic disease and Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
Role of NS-1 protein in avian influenza virulence
bvonaki@jhmi.edu
- Evolution
Nikolas Nikolaidis
Penn State University, Research Associate
(I) Evolution and characterization of heat shock proteins in Drosophila and nematodes. Comparative analysis of the stress response pathways.
(II) Evolution and function of molecules involved in the adaptive and non-adaptive immunity.
(III) Evolution and functional characterization of proteins involved in terminal cell differentiation and tumor suppression.
(IV) Functional characterization and origin of bacterial and fungal expansins
nxn7@psu.edu
- Infectious Disease & Immunity
Athena P. Kourtis
Emory University School of Medicine, Senior Fellow, CDC/Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
apk3@cdc.gov
Dionissios Neofytos
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromized Hosts
dneofyt1@jhmi.edu
Fotini Papavasiliou
Rockefeller University, Assistant Professor, Head of Laboratory
We study the beneficial effects of mutations generated by cytidine deamination. Specifically, we are interested in how cytidine deamination mediates the
generation of somatic mutations in antibody genes (which increase affinity for antibody to antigen); the role of cytidine deamination as a defensive
weapon against viral infection; and the role of cytidine deamination in inducible gene conversion in mammalian as well as non-mammalian systems
papavas@rockefeller.edu
Filippos Porichis
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow
HIV pathogenesis focused on CD4 and CD8 T cells and their impaired function that leads to a defective immune response
fporichis@partners.org
Alexandros Strikoudis
Rockefeller University, Research Assistant
Deamination mechanisms in trypanosomes
astrikoudi@rockefeller.edu
- Inflammation
Ioannis Androulakis
utgers University & UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, Associate Professor
Systems biology of inflammation
yannis@rci.rutgers.edu
- Inflammatory occular diseases
Akrivi Manola
Tufts university, Post-doctoral fellow
1.T cell mast cell interaction in inflammatory occular diseases.
2.Role of mast cells in diabetic wound healing
akmanola@yahoo.gr
Dimosthenis Mantopoulos
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ocular Immunology, in vivo imaging, corneal transplantation
maddimos@gmail.com
- Innate Immunity
Joanna Floros, PhD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Evan Pugh Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director of The Penn State Center for Host
defense, Inflammation and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research
Innate host defense variability in response to environmental pollutants and/or infection. Humanized transgenic mice expressing different human variants of the innate
host defense molecule, surfactant protein A or SP-A, are used for study.
jfloros@psu.edu
Manolis Papasavvas
Wistar, University of Pennsylvania, Senior Scientist
manolisp@mail.wistar.upenn.edu
Athena Soulika
UC Davis, Assistant Investigator
Innate immunity, T cell polarziation
athena.soulika@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
- Lyme Disease
Betty Iliopoulou
TUFTS University, PhD student
panagiota.iliopoulou@tufts.edu
- Mucosal Immunity
Charalambos D. Partidos
My main research interests are in the areas of vaccines, vaccine delivery,
immunomodulation and mucosal and skin immunity
Harry_Partidos@yahoo.com
- Organ regeneration
Jonathan Johnnidis
Whitehead Institute, Research Scientist
Cell Dynamics and Organ biology, particularly with respect to regeneration. Molecular Biology. Hematopoiesis. Immunology
johnnidis@wi.mit.edu
- Peptide tolerance
Georgia Fousteri
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Postdoc
Induction of peptide tolerance for prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes.
Generation and characterization of Tregs; a role of OX-40?
fousteri@liai.org
- Pulmonary Diseases
Eleni Vergadi
Children's Hospital Boston, Research Fellow in Pediatrics
Pulmonary Diseases, Molecular Genetics , Immunology
eleni.vergadi@childrens.harvard.ed
- Reproductive Biology
Evangelos Ntrivalas (Member of the current Board of Directors)
RFUMS/The Chicago Medical School, MD, PhD, Assistant Director
Clinical Immunology, with an emphasis in diagnosis of immune etiologies of infertility and miscarriages
evandoc@comcast.net
- Rheumatic Diseases
Konstantinos Loupasakis
Tufts University, Internal Medicine Resident
Rheumatic Diseases
Konstantinos.Loupasakis@caritaschristi.org
George C. Tsokos
Harvard Medical School, Professor, Chief Rheumatology
Immunology
gtsokos@bidmc.harvard.edu
- Statistics
Nikolaos Patsopoulos MD, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow
Statistical Genetics
npatsopoulos@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
- Other
Sappho Gilbert
MIT, Student
Biological Chemistry, Cardiovascular Disease, Immunology, Clinical Pathology, Gene therapy
szg@mit.edu
Konstantinos E. Hatzistergos
University of Miami, Post-doctoral fellow
Cardiovascular Disease, Immunology, Biological Chemistry, Animal Science
xatzistergos@hotmail.com
-Autoimmunity
Taxiarchis Kourelis
Tufts University, Post-doctoral fellow
T cell-mast cell interaction in autoimmune diseases
taxkourel@yahoo.com
Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos
The Scripps Research Instutute, Professor
Immunology
argyrio@scripps.edu
- Cancer
Efstratios Katsoulidis, Ph.D.
Northwestern University, Research Assistant Professor
Biological Chemistry, Cancer, Hematology, Immunology
-katsoulidis@northwestern.edu
Christos Tzimas
University of Pennsylvania, Post doctoral fellow
Cancer stem cells
chtzimas@gmail.com
Athina Zacharia
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Research Scientist
1. Monitoring of the Immune Response to HER2/neu peptide vaccines in Breast Cancer patients (phase I and II clinical trials)
2. Complement-mediated Tissue injury and inflammation in Ischemia/Reperfusion
azacharia@usuhs.mil
- Cellular Immunity & Genetics
Paula Kavathas
Yale University School of Medicine, Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Immunobiology and Genetics
The interests of our lab are on developmental and functional aspects of the immune system. Lymphoid cells that mediate cellular immunity are called T
cells. They mature and differentiate in the thymus exiting into the periphery as either CD4+ or CD8+ T cells. One area of research is on the CD8 proteins,
alpha and beta. We are determining how the genes are regulated during development and how the CD8 proteins function on the T cell surface as
receptors. The other research area is on characterizing immune responses to the bacteria, Chlamyiai Trachomatis.
paula.kavathas@yale.edu
- Chromatin Biology
Charalampos Spilianakis
Yale University, Post-doctoral fellow
Molecular Immunology
cs526@email.med.yale.edu
- Complement Function
Aphrodite Kotrotsios
Immunology
aphroditekotrotsios@gmail.com
John D. Lambris
University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
lambris@mail.med.upenn.edu
- Cytokine Signal Transduction
Iannis Aifantis
New York University, Assistant Professor
Immunology, Molecular Biology
iaifanti@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Constantine D. Tsoukas
San Diego State University, Professor of Biology (Immunology)
Activation of the Immune System by Pathogens, Biochemistry of Immune Response
ctsoukas@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Becky Vonakis
Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Signal transduction in mast cells and basophils
Mechanism of FceRI signaling initiation
Signaling changes in allergic disease and Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
Role of NS-1 protein in avian influenza virulence
bvonaki@jhmi.edu
- Evolution
Nikolas Nikolaidis
Penn State University, Research Associate
(I) Evolution and characterization of heat shock proteins in Drosophila and nematodes. Comparative analysis of the stress response pathways.
(II) Evolution and function of molecules involved in the adaptive and non-adaptive immunity.
(III) Evolution and functional characterization of proteins involved in terminal cell differentiation and tumor suppression.
(IV) Functional characterization and origin of bacterial and fungal expansins
nxn7@psu.edu
- Infectious Disease & Immunity
Athena P. Kourtis
Emory University School of Medicine, Senior Fellow, CDC/Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
apk3@cdc.gov
Dionissios Neofytos
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Invasive Fungal Infections in Immunocompromized Hosts
dneofyt1@jhmi.edu
Fotini Papavasiliou
Rockefeller University, Assistant Professor, Head of Laboratory
We study the beneficial effects of mutations generated by cytidine deamination. Specifically, we are interested in how cytidine deamination mediates the
generation of somatic mutations in antibody genes (which increase affinity for antibody to antigen); the role of cytidine deamination as a defensive
weapon against viral infection; and the role of cytidine deamination in inducible gene conversion in mammalian as well as non-mammalian systems
papavas@rockefeller.edu
Filippos Porichis
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow
HIV pathogenesis focused on CD4 and CD8 T cells and their impaired function that leads to a defective immune response
fporichis@partners.org
Alexandros Strikoudis
Rockefeller University, Research Assistant
Deamination mechanisms in trypanosomes
astrikoudi@rockefeller.edu
- Inflammation
Ioannis Androulakis
utgers University & UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, Associate Professor
Systems biology of inflammation
yannis@rci.rutgers.edu
- Inflammatory occular diseases
Akrivi Manola
Tufts university, Post-doctoral fellow
1.T cell mast cell interaction in inflammatory occular diseases.
2.Role of mast cells in diabetic wound healing
akmanola@yahoo.gr
Dimosthenis Mantopoulos
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ocular Immunology, in vivo imaging, corneal transplantation
maddimos@gmail.com
- Innate Immunity
Joanna Floros, PhD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Evan Pugh Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director of The Penn State Center for Host
defense, Inflammation and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research
Innate host defense variability in response to environmental pollutants and/or infection. Humanized transgenic mice expressing different human variants of the innate
host defense molecule, surfactant protein A or SP-A, are used for study.
jfloros@psu.edu
Manolis Papasavvas
Wistar, University of Pennsylvania, Senior Scientist
manolisp@mail.wistar.upenn.edu
Athena Soulika
UC Davis, Assistant Investigator
Innate immunity, T cell polarziation
athena.soulika@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
- Lyme Disease
Betty Iliopoulou
TUFTS University, PhD student
panagiota.iliopoulou@tufts.edu
- Mucosal Immunity
Charalambos D. Partidos
My main research interests are in the areas of vaccines, vaccine delivery,
immunomodulation and mucosal and skin immunity
Harry_Partidos@yahoo.com
- Organ regeneration
Jonathan Johnnidis
Whitehead Institute, Research Scientist
Cell Dynamics and Organ biology, particularly with respect to regeneration. Molecular Biology. Hematopoiesis. Immunology
johnnidis@wi.mit.edu
- Peptide tolerance
Georgia Fousteri
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Postdoc
Induction of peptide tolerance for prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes.
Generation and characterization of Tregs; a role of OX-40?
fousteri@liai.org
- Pulmonary Diseases
Eleni Vergadi
Children's Hospital Boston, Research Fellow in Pediatrics
Pulmonary Diseases, Molecular Genetics , Immunology
eleni.vergadi@childrens.harvard.ed
- Reproductive Biology
Evangelos Ntrivalas (Member of the current Board of Directors)
RFUMS/The Chicago Medical School, MD, PhD, Assistant Director
Clinical Immunology, with an emphasis in diagnosis of immune etiologies of infertility and miscarriages
evandoc@comcast.net
- Rheumatic Diseases
Konstantinos Loupasakis
Tufts University, Internal Medicine Resident
Rheumatic Diseases
Konstantinos.Loupasakis@caritaschristi.org
George C. Tsokos
Harvard Medical School, Professor, Chief Rheumatology
Immunology
gtsokos@bidmc.harvard.edu
- Statistics
Nikolaos Patsopoulos MD, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow
Statistical Genetics
npatsopoulos@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
- Other
Sappho Gilbert
MIT, Student
Biological Chemistry, Cardiovascular Disease, Immunology, Clinical Pathology, Gene therapy
szg@mit.edu
Konstantinos E. Hatzistergos
University of Miami, Post-doctoral fellow
Cardiovascular Disease, Immunology, Biological Chemistry, Animal Science
xatzistergos@hotmail.com
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