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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Juilee Thakar
Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.
KMRB
Phone: (585) 276-6925
Email Juilee
Research Interest: Systems approach utilizing bioinformatics, and dynamic modeling tools to study immune response to infections and vaccination.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Pancy Lwin
Pancy Lwin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Rachel Simpson
Rachel Simpson, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest:

Investigating monocyte heterogeneity in human population and their responses during HIV vaccine

Graduate Students

Natalie Vance
Research Interest:

Characterizing the cellular heterogeneity of circulating innate and adaptive immune cells within the pediatric population to investigate changes in cellular composition throughout early life as well as differences in CD4+ T cell sup-populations between healthy and food allergic pediatric individuals

Shivali Vashisht
Research Interest:

Characterizing monocyte and B cell populations during HIV-1 infection and vaccination in humans and non-human primates.

Ruoqiao Wang
Research Interest:

Evaluation of single-cell pathway scoring methods and characterization of monocytes in HIV-positive individuals with atherosclerosis.

Research Assistants

Ashay Narayana
Ashay Narayana
Undergraduate Student
Sengathir Rajagopal
Sengathir Rajagopal
Undergraduate Student