Basic Immunology Branch – Contacts

  • Alison Deckhut-Augustine, Ph.D., Branch Chief – Basic Immunology, Innate & Adaptive Immune Responses
  • Grace Tollini, M.A., Scientific Program Analyst
  • Kudirat Akerele, Extramural Program Support

Innate Immunity Section

  • Wolfgang Leitner, D.Sc., Section Chief – Innate Immune Responses, Vaccine Adjuvants
  • Jay Bream, Ph.D., Program Officer – Aging, Sepsis
  • Ari Joffe, Ph.D., Program Officer – NK/ ILCs, Neutrophils, Complement, Trafficking, Trained Immunity
  • Halonna Kelly, Ph.D., Program Officer – NKT, ỿỼ & MAIT cells
  • Joy Liu, M.D., Program Officer – Mast/Eosinophils, Hematopoiesis, Immature B cells, Inflammation, Cell Death
  • Kentner Singleton, Ph.D., Program Officer – Structural Biology, Autophagy, Cytokines, Non-Mammalian Models
  • Nancy Vázquez-Maldonado, Ph.D., Program Officer – Macrophages, DCs, Innate Sensors

Immunoregulation Section

  • Joseph Breen, Ph.D., Section Chief – Adaptive Immunity, ME/CFS, Long COVID
  • Chao Jiang, Ph.D., Program Officer – T cell Tolerance/Activation/Function
  • Conrad Mallia, Ph.D., Program Officer – T Subsets/Memory/Signaling and Metabolism, Technology Development
  • Timothy Gondre-Lewis, Ph.D., Program Officer & Research Training Officer – Antigen Presentation, T cell Epitope Discovery, Bioinformatics
  • Mercy Prabhudas, Ph.D., M.B.A., Program Officer – T cell Development, Pregnancy, Pediatrics
  • Moriah J. Castleman, Ph.D., Program Officer – B cells, Antibody FcR Interactions, B cell epitope discovery
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