Research Labs

Physician-scientist Alan Hanash studies transplant immunology and immune-mediated mechanisms of tissue damage and regeneration.

Cancer immunologist Alan Houghton studies the immune response to cancer, immune recognition of self and mutated molecules, and development of new immunotherapies.

Physician-scientist Katharine Hsu studies the biology of human natural killer cells and how they contribute to disease processes.

Immunologist Morgan Huse studies the structure and function of immune cell-cell interactions.

Physician-scientist Christopher A. Klebanoff studies T cell immunobiology with an emphasis on adoptive T cell immunotherapy for the treatment of solid malignancies.

The Lareau Lab synthesizes computational and experimental genomics methods to study how immune cells in our bodies adapt, expand, differentiate, and evolve over an individual’s lifetime.

Immunologist Ming Li studies mechanisms of immune regulation, and their relevance to diseases including cancer.

Joan Massagué studies the control of stem cell growth and phenotype in tumor progression, metastasis, and response to therapy.

Physician-scientist Babak Mehrara studies the regulation of lymphatic regeneration after surgery and development of lymphedema.

Physician-scientist Rachel Niec studies how cells and tissues communicate to promote health or drive inflammation and cancer.