The prevalence of helminth infections, commonly referred to as parasitic worms, is estimated to be 2 billion individuals world-wide. While these infections are rarely seen in the US and EU,
The Stephens lab team is motivated by our ability to understand the basic mechanisms of disease in malaria and COVID-19 to reduce mortality and morbidity. Recent highlights include using basic
Prof. Dr. Selvakumar Subbian, PhD, joined the PHRI/NJMS as a Junior Research Faculty in 1998, promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2013, and to Associate Professor since 2018. He
Translational Research on Chronic Pain and Opioid-Associated Disorders at Tao Lab. Chronic pain, a major health problem, is caused by tissue/nerve injury and various diseases. Current treatments for this disorder
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The interplay between B and T cells in adaptive immunity is essential for production of anti-pathogen antibodies during infections and following vaccination. Similar pathways of T-B cell interactions likely lead
Allergic asthma is the fastest growing childhood illness in the United States, affecting nearly 10% of American children. The Wiesner lab researches two aspects of allergic asthma: sensitization and persistence.
Dr. Wong obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia. There, she focused on effector proteins that are secreted by gastrointestinal pathogens and how they interfere with host cell
Dr. Alex Wong graduated cum laude in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. As a medical student he was awarded a Howard Hughes
The overall research focus of our lab is to answer the important question of how coronaviruses cause disease. We aim to address this question by dissecting and understanding the process