Immunology Faculty
Jeffrey Bender
Robert I. Levy Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:Inflammatory, Immune, Metabolic and Hormonal Effects on the Endothelium
Alfred Bothwell
Professor of Immunobiology
Director of Graduate Studies
Research Interests:Human T cell recognition; inflammation and cancer; type 1 diabetes; function of PPARs
Lieping Chen
United Technologies Corporation Professor in Cancer Research and Professor of Immunobiology, of Dermatology and of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Director, Cancer Immunology Program at Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests:Co-signaling molecules, costimulation, coinhibition, modulation of immune responses, molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte activation and deactivation
Tian Chi
Associate Professor of Immunobiology
Research Interests:Epigenetic memory; transgenerational inheritance; chromatin biology
Joseph Craft
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Section Chief, Rheumatology
Program Director, Investigative Medicine
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine
Research Interests:Arthritis; Autoimmunity; Cytokines; Diseases and Disorders; Lupus; T Cell Differentiation; T Cells; Tolerance
Peter Cresswell
Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Cell Biology and of Dermatology
Research Interests:Molecular mechanisms of antigen processing; assembly and intracellular transport of CD1 molecules, class I and class II MHC molecules; effector functions and mechanisms of action of interferon-induced proteins; viral immunity
Madhav Dhodapkar
Arthur H. and Isabel Bunker Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Chief, Section of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
Clinical Research Program Leader, Hematology Program, Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests:Myeloma and related plasma cell disorders; human immune system's interaction with growing tumors in patients; preneoplastic monoclonal gammopathy and multiple myeloma, tumor and host related factors
Jack Elias
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Research Interests:Cell and Molecular biology of lung injury and repair; Asthma; COPD; Pulmonary fibrosis; acute lung injury; Cytokines; Inflammation; Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Transgenic mice; genetically modified mice; Emphysema; Fibrosis; Inflammation
Erol Fikrig
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases
Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease; Human granulocytic ehrilichiosis; West Nile virus
Richard Flavell
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department Chair, Immunobiology
Research Interests:Animal Models; Autoimmunity; Diabetes; Gene Expression; Gene Transfer; Genes; Immune System; Lyme Borreliosis Or Lyme Disease; Molecular Cellular Entities; Recombinant DNA; Transgenic Animals; Autoimmunity; Knockout Mice; Lyme Disease; T Cell Lineages; Tolerance; Transgenic Mice
Daniel Goldstein
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Immunobiology
Research Interests:immunity in transplantation; impact of aging on inflammation and immunity
David Hafler
Gilbert H. Glaser Professor of Neurology and Professor of Immunobiology
Chair, Department of Neurology
Research Interests:Neuroimmunology; Multiple Sclerosis; Autoimmunity; Genetics; Immunobiology
Kevan Herold
Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Deputy Director for Translational Science, YCCI
Research Interests:Type 1 diabetes; immune therapy; autoimmunity
Akiko Iwasaki
Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
Research Interests:Innate immunity; Autophagy; Inflammasomes; sexually transmitted infections; Herpes simplex virus; human papillomavirus;respiratory virus infections; Influenza infection; T cell immunity; Commensal bacteria
Susan Kaech
Associate Professor of Immunobiology
HHMI Early Career Scientist
Research Interests:Mechanisms of memory T cell development; Developmental Biology; Immunobiology; Immunology; Vaccine; Immunobiology; T-Cells; Vaccines; Adaptive immunity and immunological memory to viruses
Paula Kavathas
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Genetics, of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Associate Chair for Research
Director, Science Education Outreach Program
Research Interests:Gene Regulation; Immunology; Molecular Cellular Entities; Receptors; Structure or Function (Health or Safety or Medical); Transgenic Animals
Steven Kleinstein
Associate Professor of Pathology
Research Interests:Computational immunology; Systems biology; Disease/tissue/pathway/process modeling and simulation; Statistical and model-based analysis of experimental and clinical data
Martin Kriegel
Assistant Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Research Interests:Microbiome; commensals; lymphocytes; autoimmunity; Th17 cells; antiphospholipid syndrome; beta2-glycoprotein; lupus; type 1 diabetes
Priti Kumar
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:RNA interference (RNAi)-based strategies for treating viral infections
Brett Lindenbach
Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Cell Biology; Enveloped Viruses; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C Virus; Molecular Biology; Positive-strand RNA Viruses; RNA; Virology; Virus
Robert Means
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Graduate Admissions, Microbiology Program
Research Interests:Viruses; Immune responses; AIDS-associated cancers; KSHV; Adverse pregnancy events; Oncogenesis; Cancer metabolism; Tumor virology; Herpesviruses
Ruslan Medzhitov
David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interests:Inflammation; Allergy; Immunology; Innate Immunity; Pathophysiology
Eric Meffre
Associate Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Immunology)
Research Interests:Human B-cell tolerance; Primary immunodeficiencies; Autoimmune diseases
Wang Min
Associate Professor of Pathology
Research Interests:Inflammation; Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Transplant rejection; Tumor metastasis
João Pereira
Assistant Professor of Immunobiology
Research Interests:Immunology; Hematopoiesis; B-lymphocyte development; Bone marrow niches; Cell migration
Jordan Pober
Bayer Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Director, Human and Translational Immunology Program
Vice-Chair, Dept. of Immunobiology for the Section of Human and Translational Immunology
Research Interests:Immunobiology of vascular endothelial cells: cytokine actions and mechanisms; transplantation immunology
Carla Rothlin
Assistant Professor of Immunobiology
Research Interests:Regulation of inflammation; homeostatic control of the immune system
Craig Roy
Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Molecular; cellular; microbial pathogens; bacteria; vesicular transport; Legionella pneumophila; Coxiella burnetii; macrophages; protozoan; proteins
Nancy Ruddle
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:Cell trafficking and inflammation in autoimmunity and lymphoid organ development
David Schatz
Professor of Immunobiology
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Research Interests:Biochemical mechanism and developmental regulation of V(D)J recombination and somatic hypermutation; lymphocyte development; mechanisms of DNA repair; function of the RAG1 and RAG2 proteins; mechanisms of lymphomagenesis
Mark Shlomchik
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Immunobiology
Associate Director, Transfusion Service
Research Interests:Autoimmunity; Blood or Blood Products or Transfusions; Bone Marrow Transplantation; Immunobiology; Immunology; Immunopathology; Immunotherapy; Lymphocytes; Transgenic Animals
Warren Shlomchik
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology), of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Hematology)
Research Interests:Mechanisms of antigen presentation; T cell effector function and regulation of Graft-vs.-Host Disease and Graft-vs.-Leukemia
Bing Su
Associate Professor of Immunobiology
Research Interests:MAP Kinase pathways; mTOR regulation; Receptor signaling; Cell growth control; Lymphocyte development and differentiation
Yong Xiong
Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Research Interests:Innate immune systems; HIV; fatty acid synthase (FAS); polyketide synthase (PKS); Viral vectors
