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Researchers
Below are researchers funded by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation who are working in immunity and inflammation.
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…
Brigitta Stockinger, PhD
Professor, Francis Crick Institute, Former Grantee
The Stockinger lab focuses on how environmental factors influence processes in the body such as tissue repair and differentiation and immune cell functions. Malfunction in these processes can aid the development of inflammatory diseases and cancer.
Ronen Sumagin, PhD
Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Former Grantee
The Sumagin lab is exploring the roles of innate immune cells in regulating intestinal homeostasis, wound healing, host pathogen interactions and cancer development. They are using various approaches to study leukocyte trafficking in mucosal tissues.
