Julie Magarian Blander, PhD
Professor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Current Grantee
Dr. Blander’s laboratory investigates the core mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation, elucidating their critical roles in human health and disease.
Ken Cadwell, PhD
Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, Former Grantee
The Cadwell Lab investigates how our immune system is regulated by diverse infectious agents. They aim to apply this knowledge towards treating inflammatory diseases through restoring a balanced relationship between microbes and the immune system.
Isaac Chiu, PhD
Professor, Harvard Medical School, Former Grantee
The Chiu lab combines immunology, neurobiology and microbiology to investigate how bacteria interact with nociceptors to produce pain, and how these neurons modulate the immune response during inflammation.
Gloria Choi, PhD
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Current Grantee
The Choi lab studies the immune system and brain interaction, and its effects on neurodevelopment, behavior and mood. They seek to learn how cytokines may act as neuromodulators influencing the development and activity of neurons in the cortex.
Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD
Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Director, Helmsley IBD Center; Former Grantee
By coordinating collaborative multi-disciplinary research efforts and public-private consortium, Dr. Colombel implements major clinical trials that have the potential to significantly improve treatments for patients across the spectrum of IBD.
Marco Colonna, MD
Professor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Former Grantee
The Colonna lab is broadly interested in innate immunity, focused in two main areas related to IBD: 1) innate lymphoid cells in mucosal immunity and 2) plasmacytoid dendritic cells and IFNalpha/beta in host defense and autoimmunity.
