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Carolina Lucas

Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor, Immunobiology

Affiliated Faculty, Center for Infection and Immunity

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, Immunobiology; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Infection and Immunity; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Carolina Lucas PhD is an Assistant Professor of Immunobiology and a member of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Yale University. She received her Ph.D. from UFRJ/ETH in Brazil and Switzerland and completed her postdoctoral training at Yale in Dr. Akiko Iwasaki Lab studying emerging virus pathogenesis, including Zika virus, CHIKV and SARS-CoV-2. The Lucas Lab is dedicated to understanding basic immune mechanisms necessary for controlling emerging viral infections and to lay the groundwork for new therapeutic approaches and vaccination strategies. Specifically, the lab explores immune responses following vaccination or infection that contribute to both resistance and disease tolerance mechanisms across different age groups.

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Adaptive Immunity; Aging; DNA Virus Infections; Immunity; Immunity, Innate; Immunity, Mucosal; Infectious Disease Medicine; RNA Virus Infections; Virology

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Frequent collaborators of Carolina Lucas's published research.

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2023

2022

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