Research Labs

Physician-scientist Prasad S. Adusumilli studies tumor immunology and the development of T-cell‒mediated immunotherapy for thoracic malignancies and pleural-based diseases.

The Akhmanova laboratory studies cell invasion and migration through tissues, and how it is controlled by surrounding tissue cells.

The Aviram Lab investigates the molecular mechanisms that protect microorganisms from their own pathogenic invaders.

Surgeon scientist Vinod Balachandran develops novel immunotherapies for pancreatic cancer.

The Brown Lab studies how the tissue environment shapes immune cell fate and function during early life immune development, inflammation, and cancer.

Immunologist Jayanta Chaudhuri studies the mechanisms of immunoglobulin gene diversification.

Physician-scientist Nai-Kong Cheung focuses on engineering antibodies and immune cells to treat both solid tumors and liquid tumors in children.

Physician-scientist Liang Deng studies poxvirus interface with the immune system and the development of poxviruses as oncolytic and immunotherapy for cancers.

Our team is focused on developing novel tools and approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer using genomics as a guide.

The Diehl lab studies how the microbiota and other exogenous factors regulate development and function of the intestinal immune system.