The Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit aims to make fundamental discoveries about the mechanisms underlying effective antiviral immune responses.
Heather Hickman, Ph.D.
Chief, Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit
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Education:
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Melanie Barksdale, B.A.
Postbaccalaureate Fellow
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Education:
B.A., Molecular Biology, Colorado College

Morgan Erin Brisse, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
B.S., Biochemistry with honors, University of Michigan

Anurag Kalia, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education:
Doctorate, National Institute of Immunology, Delhi, India
M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
Languages Spoken: Hindi

Raymond Andrew Lujan, B.S.N., R.N.
Predoctoral Fellow
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Education:
B.S.N., The University of Texas at El Paso
Languages Spoken: Spanish

Katie Nunez, B.S.
Postbaccalaureate Fellow
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Education:
B.S., Towson University

Luxin Pei, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., NIH-Johns Hopkins University Graduate Partnership Program
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
Languages Spoken: Mandarin

Former Research Group Members
Cynthia Aguilar, B.S., Graduate Student, University of Michigan
Joanna Droppo, B.S., Medical Scribe
Courtney Malo, Ph.D., Editor, Science Translational Medicine
Dan McManus, B.S., Graduate Student, Emory University
Glennys V. Reynoso, R.N., B.S.
John Shannon, D.Phil., Consultant, Booz Allen
Sophia Vrba, B.S., M.D./Ph.D., Student, University of Michigan
Olivia Wise-Dent, B.A., Scientist, MilliporeSigma
Erica Wynne-Jones, Ph.D., Scientist, Takeda Pharmaceuticals