Ehydel Castro Sotolongo

Biologist/Animal Specialist

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Education:

Master in Health Services Administration, Strayer University
Higher Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana Medical School (6 years), Cuba

Languages Spoken: Spanish
Portrait of Ehydel Castro Sotolongo

Biography

After moving to the United States, Ehydel worked at the Laboratory of Immune Cell Biology, NCI, as a technician. In 2018, he moved to NIAID as a biologist in the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, Inflammation, and Innate Immunity Unit. He is interested in the role of inflammation and innate immune cells in host defense against M.tuberculosis (Mtb) infection.