The Laboratory of Macrophages and Host Defense

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Faculty

 

Lab Members

Prabha Chandrasekaran

 

Research Assistant Professor

Research interests: Stat1 signaling, role of regulatory macrophages in fibrosis

[prabha24 at umd.edu                  [Homepage]

Bess Dalby

 

PhD Candidate, BISI-MOCB Program

Research interests: Genetic Regulation of Human Macrophage Activation

[bdalby at umd.edu                  [Homepage]

Kajal Hamidzadeh

 

PhD Student in the BISI-MOCB Program

Research interests: The effect of adenosine on macrophage activation

[ khamidza at umd.edu                  [Homepage]

Steve Christensen

 

PhD Student in the BISI-MOCB Program

Research interests: Host-pathogen interactions between Leishmania and macrophages

[schrist1 at umd.edu                  [Homepage]

       
 

Research  Professors

Dr. Ricardo Goncalves

 

Present Position: Faculty Research Associate-Postdoctoral Fellow

Previous Position: Coordinator of Veterinary Medicine Course and Director of Veterinary Teaching Hospital - FEAD University – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Assistant Professor of General Pathology – Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
PhD: School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil and MSc: Veterinary School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Research interests: Characterization of monocytes subpopulations during Leishmania spp. infection.

[ricardogoncalves2007 at gmail.com                       [Homepage]

 

 

Former Researchers:

Dr. Xia Zhang, MAPK activation and chromatin remodeling

Previous Graduate Students (year of Ph.D. and present position)

Rahul Suresh, 2015

Bryan Fleming, 2015

Heather Cohen, 2014

Ziyan Yang, 2011, physician at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong, China

Mary K. Hondalus, 1995, Associate Professor (tenured), University of Georgia

Dona C. Love, 1996, Staff Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Andrew Brittingham, 1998, Associate Professor (tenured), Des Moines University, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, IA

Fayyaz Sutterwala (MD/PhD student), 1999, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Medical School. Iowa City, IA

Margaret Mentink Kane, 2001, Staff Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Gang Chen, 2001, Group Leader, Astra Zenica, Wilmington, DE

Patricia A. Darrah, 2001, Staff Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Jeffrey Gerber (MD/PhD student), 2001, Assistant Professor, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Charles F. Anderson, 2002, Staff Scientist, Sanaria, Rockville, MD

Suzanne A. Miles, 2005, Site Manager, Lancaster Laboratories, West Point, PA

Sean Conrad, 2006, Law offices of K & L Gates, Pittsburgh, PA

Anne E. Field, 2007, Project Manager, MedImmune, Rockville, MD.

Justin P. Edwards, 2008, Postdoctoral fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Ziyan Yang, 2009, Physician, Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong University, China

Previous Undergraduate Students

Paul Gallo, Temple University Medical School, MD/PhD Program

Sagie Wagage, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Student

Vic Prasanna, Pittsburgh University Medical School, Resident

Eric Stickles, Temple University Medical School, Resident