Immune Response

Immunology research in the Microbiology Department takes place in close association with the Institute for Immunology. Penn investigators study numerous topics at the host-pathogen interface.  Penn investigators work on vaccine development for infectious agents such as SARS-CoV-2, HIV, smallpox, herpes simplex, Clostridioides difficile, and Ebola. Studies focus on immune mechanisms responsible for long term protection and modulating immunity to protect privileged anatomical sites.

At Penn, extensive immunological research is carried out at the Institute for Immunology.

Immune Response Researchers include:

• Michael Abt, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Microbiology
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• Will Bailis, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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• Michael Betts, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Dustin Brisson, PhD
  Professor of Biology
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• Igor Brodsky, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Frederic Bushman, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Kyong-Mi Chang, MD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Sara Cherry, PhD
  John W. Eckman Professor of Medical Science
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• Hildegund Ertl, MD
  Wistar Institute Professor of Pediatrics
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• Jay Farrell, PhD
  Professor of Pathobiology
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• Joseph Fraietta, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Microbiology
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• Harvey Friedman, MD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Scott Hensley, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• James Hoxie, MD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Christopher Hunter, PhD
  Professor of Pathobiology
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• Stuart Isaacs, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
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• Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, PhD
  Professor of Pathology
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• Carl June, MD
  Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy
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• Kellie Jurado, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Microbiology
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• Junhyong Kim, PhD
  Kahn Term Endowed Professor of Biology
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• Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
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• Maayan Levy, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Microbiology
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• Michela Locci, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Microbiology
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• Luis Montaner, DVM, DPhil
  Wistar Institute Professor of Medicine
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• Paula Oliver, PhD
  Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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• Norbert Pardi, PhD
  Associate Professor of Microbiology
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• Joshua Plotkin, PhD
  Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of the Natural Sciences
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• Mechthild Pohlschroder, PhD
  Professor of Biology
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• Robert Ricciardi, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• James Riley, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• David Roos, PhD
  E. Otis Kendall Professor of Biology
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• Matthias Schnell, PhD
  Adjunct Professor of Microbiology
• Phillip Scott, PhD
  Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
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• George Shaw, MD, PhD
  Professor of Medicine
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• Hao Shen, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Sunny Shin, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Christoph Thaiss, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Microbiology
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• David Weiner, PhD
  Wistar institute Professor
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• Susan Weiss, PhD
  Professor of Microbiology
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• Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
  Professor of Medicine
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• E. John Wherry, PhD
  Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics
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• James Wilson, MD, PhD
  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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• Joseph Zackular, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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