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Immunology

How the body determines and reacts to itself and non-self.

Immunology Administration Team

Chandravanu Dash, PhD, MSc

Executive Director Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Immunology Researchers

Anthony Archibong, BSc, MS, PhD, TS (ABB)

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Sickle Cell Center

(615) 327-5714
aarchibong@mmc.edu

Anil Shanker, MS PhD

Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation & Professor of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology
Office for Research and Innovation
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6460
VP-Research@mmc.edu

Bindong Liu, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6877
bliu@mmc.edu

Byeongwoon Song, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6698
bsong@mmc.edu

Donald Alcendor, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Tennessee Area Health Education Centers Program

(615) 327-6449
dalcendor@mmc.edu

Dorin Bogdan Borza, PhD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 963-2833
dborza@mmc.edu

Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD, FAHA

Interim Dean & Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-6527
emotley@mmc.edu

Hong Yang, MD, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-5772
hyang@mmc.edu

James Hildreth, PhD, MD

President & CEO and Professor, School of Medicine
Meharry Medical College

(615) 327-6904
jhildreth@mmc.edu

Minu Chaudhuri, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-5726
mchaudhuri@mmc.edu

Pius Nde, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6997
pnde@mmc.edu

Waldemar Popik, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6734
wpopik@mmc.edu

Xinhong Dong, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6464
xdong@mmc.edu

Zhongmao Guo, MD, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6804
zguo@mmc.edu

Immunology Publications

Specific Targeting of Notch Ligand-Receptor Interactions to Modulate Immune Responses: A Review of Clinical and Preclinical Findings.
Mounika U L Goruganthu, Anil Shanker, Mikhail M Dikov, David P Carbone

Cooperativity of adaptive and innate immunity: implications for cancer therapy.
Anil Shanker, Francesco M Marincola

A positive antibody screen--an encounter with the Augustine antibody.
Robert E Burnette, Kyle Couter

Development and characterization of cholinephosphotransferase antibody.
D Chatterjee, S Mukherjee, S K Das

Antibody against integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 inhibits HIV type 1 infection in primary cells through caspase-8-mediated apoptosis.
Tiffany N Walker, Lisa M Cimakasky, Ebony M Coleman, M Nia Madison, James E K Hildreth

Attachment of Trypanosoma cruzi to host cells: a monoclonal antibody recognizes a trypomastigote stage-specific epitope on the gp 83 required for parasite attachment.
F Villalta, M F Lima, A Ruiz-Ruano, L Zhou