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Edward Murphy, MD, MPH

PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Laboratory Medicine

Ashok Nambiar, MD

HS Clinical Professor -HCOMP
Laboratory Medicine

Clinical interests include diagnostic immunohematology, blood donor safety and transfusion therapy. Research interests include platelet alloimmunization, microbial contamination of blood products, error management and systems approach to transfusion safety.

Elena Nedelcu, MD

Clinical Professor in Medicine
Laboratory Medicine

Dr. Elena Nedelcu brings two decades of experience in clinical pathology, transfusion medicine, hematology diagnostics and cellular therapies. Her main interests are medical and post-graduate education, patient safety and quality in transfusion service, and cellular therapies.

Philip Norris, MD

Adjunct Professor
Laboratory Medicine

Research Interests:

Understanding the role CD4+T helper cells play in the body's immune defense against viral infections, such as HIV.

Understanding acute immune response to West Nile virus and other flavivirus infection.

Defining the types and mechanisms of immune reactions associated with blood transfusion.

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD

Professor
Neurological Surgery

Dr. Okada is a creative physician-scientist who has developed therapeutic modalities in the laboratory, translated them into clinical protocols, and used his expertise as both scientist and clinician to assess the clinical data from ongoing trials. Dr. Okada's work has consistently focused on immunotherapeutic strategies aimed at a daunting challenge in oncology – malignant brain tumors. Dr. Okada conducted one of the first immune gene therapy trials in patients with malignant glioma. Dr.

Shibani Pati, MD, PhD

Professor In Residence
Laboratory Medicine

I am a translational vascular biologist with an interest in the role of endothelial dysfunction and vascular compromise in the pathogenesis of human disease. My specific areas of investigation involve the use of stem cell therapies and novel resuscitative modalities that can mitigate endothelial dysfunction and improve outcomes in traumatic injury. Areas of focus in the lab include traumatic brain injury (TBI), and hemorrhagic shock induced organ failure.

Satish Pillai, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Laboratory Medicine

Despite nearly three decades of focused research since the discovery of HIV-1, to date there is no cure or effective prophylactic vaccine for HIV-1 infection. Although the advent of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) has dramatically decreased the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV-1 infection, there is a pronounced demand for alternative clinical management strategies due to frequent evolution of antiretroviral resistance, toxicity, and access constraints in resource-limited settings.

Rajalingam Raja, PhD

Prof of Clinical Surgery
Surgery

Dr. Raja has over 30 years of experience in studying the basic and clinical aspects of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. During the Ph.D. program in the Department of Transplantation Immunology and Immunogenetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr. Raja developed DNA-based HLA typing method and studied the diversity of HLA in Asian Indians, and the association between HLA alleles and infectious diseases. During 6 years of postdoctoral training in the Parham laboratory, Stanford University, Dr. Raja defined the KIR genomic diversity in several non-human species. In 2002, Dr.

Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD

Professor
Surgery

Brian Shy, MD, PhD

Asst Professor In Residence
Laboratory Medicine

Elizabeth St Lezin, MD

Professor Emeritus
Laboratory Medicine

Qizhi Tang, PhD

Professor In Residence
Surgery

The Tang lab focuses on translating knowledge on mechanisms of immune tolerance into novel therapeutics for treating autoimmune diabetes and preventing transplant rejection. Currently, two major areas of work are on therapeutic application of regulatory T cell therapy in type 1 diabetes and transplantation and immune modulation to enable immune suppression-free transplant of stem-cell-derived beta cells for treatment of type 1 diabetes.

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