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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

B. Paige Lawrence
Research Interest:

Defining the impact of environmental exposures on immune system development and function, with emphasis on how early life exposures shape health and disease later in life.

Faculty

Christina Post
Christina Post, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Email Christina
Research Interest:

Effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on antiviral immunity

Postdoctoral Scholars

Kristina Fenner
Kristina Fenner, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interest:

Studying the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells during viral infection 

Research Staff

Colleen O'Dell
Colleen O'Dell, M.S.
Research Specialist II

Graduate Students

Darline Castro-Melendez
Research Interest:

Single-cell methodologies, high dimensional analysis, and statistical modeling to understand the functional and phenotypic changes in the infant immune system as a function of antenatal and early life exposures to Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

Alicia Healey
Alicia Healey, PhD
- T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Immunology
Research Interest:

Investigating how AHR activation modulates neutrophil recruitment to the lung during viral infection

Marissa Skulsky
Research Interest:

Studying the effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on immune system development and response to viral infection

Research Assistants

Reena Caplash
Reena Caplash
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: Examining how AHR regulates the T follicular helper cell function
Harrison Kern
Harrison Kern
Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: AHR regulation of stem cell differentiation