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Vijay K. Yadav, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Center for Cell Signaling; Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine

Associate Professor

Dr. Vijay K. Yadav is a biogerontologist. He did his doctoral training at Indian Institute of Science in molecular endocrinology and postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine and Columbia University in

Alexandros (Alex) Papachristodoulou, MSc, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Center for Cell Signaling; Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Assistant Professor

Dr. Alex Papachristodoulou is a translational cancer biologist, focusing on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of prostate carcinogenesis. He obtained his MSc degree in Cancer Therapeutics at the Barts Cancer

W. Evan Johnson, PhD – Director, Center for Data Science; Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Medicine

Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Director of the Center for Data Science at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The Johnson Lab has

Samantha Bell, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Assistant Professor

The Bell Lab studies host-pathogen interactions between macrophages and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). Mtb causes ~10 million new infections each year and kills ~1.5 million

Auriel A. Willette, PhD, MS – Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research; Department of Neurology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Associate Professor

Dr. Willette examines why some older adults develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD related dementias (ADRD) compared to others who remain cognitively healthy. He also maintains an interest in the

Jessica C. Hargarten, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine

Assistant Professor

Immune protection and disease during host-fungal interactions The overarching theme of my research is to better understand why humans develop fungal infections. Through studying the molecular responses by fungi and

So-Youn Kim, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Center for Cell Signaling; Department of OBGYN & Reproductive Health

Associate Professor

Dr. So-Youn Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular

Wen Zhang, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience

Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar

Dr. Wen Zhang is an immunologist whose research focuses on Sensory Neuroimmunology and Mucosal Immunology. Dr. Wen Zhang received her PhD in Immunology from Tsinghua University and completed her postdoctoral

Liwen Deng, PhD – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Anesthesiology

Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar

Dr. Deng obtained her BS and PhD from the University of California San Diego. Her doctoral studies in the laboratory of Professor Kelly Doran inspired her interest in host defense

Mengze Lyu, PhD – Division of Medical Oncology Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Resident Faculty, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine Associate Member, Center for Immunity & Inflammation

Assistant Professor

The Lyu laboratory investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying host–microbe interactions in cancer and inflammatory disorders. Our research seeks to understand how microbes influence inflammation, tumor progression, and therapeutic