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Researchers
Below are researchers funded by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation who are working in immunity and inflammation.
Fiona Powrie, PhD
Professor, University of Oxford, Former Grantee
The Powrie lab is focused on understanding the interaction between the intestinal microbiota and the host immune system and how this mutualistic relationship breaks down in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and cancer.
Gwendalyn Randolph, PhD
Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Former Grantee
The Randolph laboratory seeks to understand how the clearance of cells and molecules from tissues impacts inflammation, disease states and organ physiology.
Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Boston Children’s Hospital, Current Grantee
The Rao lab investigates how the neural networks of the gut detect and use information about nutrients, microbes and hormones to regulate intestinal motility, immune responses and tissue repair.
Carla Rothlin, PhD
Professor, Yale University, Former Grantee
Dr. Rothlin’s research focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the regulation of inflammation and the homeostatic control of immune function.
Eran Segal, PhD
Faculty, Weizmann Institute of Science, Former Grantee
Dr. Segal is part of a multi-disciplinary lab of computational biologists and scientists focusing on microbiome, nutrition, genetics, and gene regulation in health and disease.
Anna Katherina (Katja) Simon, PhD
Professor, University of Oxford, Former Grantee
Dr. Simon’s group is trying to understand the role of autophagy in immune cell fate mechanistically by identifying the autophagosomal cargo in vivo and during cell division and how autophagy in the microenvironment impacts on immune…
