The focus of the Helminth Immunology Section is the study of host resistance and immune regulation in parasitic helminth infections of global importance. The ultimate goal of this work is prevention of infection and disease. Our work focuses on both the host response to helminth infection and the molecular basis for parasitism in helminths and the prototypical responses they induce.
Helminth Immunology Section 2022 Front Row (left to right) Robert Thompson, MS., Pedro Gazzinelli Guimaraes, Ph.D., Jiana Blaha, MHS, Elise O’Connell, MD, Gayatri Sanku, MPH, Top Row (left to right) Joseph Kubofick, Pablo Bara- Garcia, MS, Sasisekhar Bennuru, Ph.D., Thomas Nutman, M.D., Nina Tang. Missing from Photo – William Sears, MD, MHS, Janitzio Guzman, M.D.
Thomas Nutman, M.D.
Lab Chief, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases
Chief, Helminth Immunology Section
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Provides direct clinical care to patients at NIH Clinical Center
Education:
A.B., Brown University, Providence, RI
M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Sasisekhar Bennuru, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, Helminth Immunology Section
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Education:
Ph.D., 2005, Anna University, India
Jiana L. Blaha, MHS
NIH/NIAID Postbac IRTA
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Education:
MHS., 2021, Johns Hopkins University
B.S., 2020, American University
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Pablo Efrain Bara-Garcia, M.S.
Postbaccalaureate Fellow
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Education:
M.S in Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University,
B.S in Biology, The Catholic University of America
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Pedro H. Gazzinelli Guimaraes, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Helminth Immunology Section
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Education:
Ph.D., 2014, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
M.S., 2010, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Janitzio Guzman, M.D.
Infectious Diseases Fellow
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Education:
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK
Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Bachelor of Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Joseph Kubofcik, B.S.
Biologist
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Education:
Bucknell University, B.S.
Elise M. O’Connell, M.D.
Chief, Clinical Parasitology Unit
Associate Research Physician
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Specialty(s): Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine Provides direct clinical care to patients at NIH Clinical Center
Education:
M.D., Loyola University Chicago
Gayatri Sanku, MPH
GU-NIH Microbiology and Immunology, Ph.D. Candidate
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Education:
Ph.D. candidate, Georgetown University
MPH Epidemiology, BS Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Chicago
William J. Sears, M.D., MHS
Infectious Disease Fellow
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Education:
Med/Peds Residency, Indiana University
M.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine
MHS, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Robert Thompson, M.S.
Biologist
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Education:
MS., 1995, John Hopkins University
Languages Spoken: Spanish
