Asthma and Allergy Researchers

In addition to avoiding autoimmunity, the immune system must discriminate pathogens from innocuous foreign antigens. Failure to properly distinguish the harmless from the harmful can lead to allergy and asthma. Vanderbilt immunologists are leading the field in understanding mechanisms of respiratory inflammation and asthma among other allergic diseases.

	Mark R. Boothby, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Professor of Medicine Signal transduction, transcription regulation mechanisms
	Sung Hoon Cho, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Immune response, cellular metabolism & tumor progression
	Jonathan M. Irish, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Cancer, precision medicine, computational biology, machine learning, cell signaling, chemical biology, single cell tools
	Simon A. Mallal, M.B.B.S. Professor of Medicine Major E.B. Stahlman Chair in Infectious Diseases and Inflammation Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Immunometabolism & Metabolic Diseases, Tumor Biology & Tumor Immunology
	Dawn C. Newcomb, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Estrogen, testosterone, sex hormones, T cells, innate lymphoid cells, asthma, allergy
	Stokes Peebles, M.D. Elizabeth and John Murray Chair in Medicine Training Program Director, Allergy Immunology Fellowship Program Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Allergically-mediated and virally-induced lung inflammation
	Heather Pua, Ph.D., M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Lung, miRNA, exRNA (extracellular RNA), extracellular vesicles, allergy, asthma, Th2
	Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Ph.D. Director, Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Immunobiology T cell metabolism in inflammation and anti-tumor immunity
	Eric P. Skaar, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation Director, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis Ernest W. Goodpasture Chair in Pathology Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Factors and processes involved in the battle for metal between bacterial pathogens and their hosts
	Saara Kaviany Instructor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Inborn errors of immunity, bone marrow transplant, disorders of hematopoiesis, inborn errors of metabolism
	John T. Wilson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Enginering Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Polymer science, nanotechnology, immunobiology, colloid and surface engineering, cell engineering, and drug delivery