
Long-term outcomes after new onset seizure in children living with HIV: A cohort study
/in Vaccine Development, Neuro-Virology/ImmunologyBirbeck GL, Mwenechanya M, Ume-Ezeoke I, Mathews M, Bositis CM, Kalungwana L, et al. Long-term outcomes after new onset seizure in children living with HIV: A cohort study. Epilepsia Open. 2024; 9: 750–757. https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12921
Bioinformatics
/in Research ProgramsThe central role of the Bioinformatics team at CVVR is to apply state-of-the-art computational methods, and machine learning algorithms to analyze and integrate high throughput data sets to provide analytical tools and support in computational biology and bioinformatics to the broad CVVR community. We aim to accelerate genomics research and its applications in clinical practice by analyzing and integrating high throughput data sets such as bulk and single cell RNA-Seq; metabolome, proteome, cytokines and chemokines profiling, flow cytometry, and high-dimensional tissue imaging to generate and validate mechanistic hypotheses using human and animal models for HIV, SIV, TB, ZIKA, Yellow Fever, and COVID-19 studies.
Reproductive Immunology and Virology
/in Research Programs, Research Programs - home pageOne of the areas of research aims to understand how humoral and cellular immunity is altered during pregnancy. We study the maternal immune response to the feto-placental unit using basic science to profile immune responses at the uterus in healthy and complicated pregnancies. We also study how pregnancy physiology alters the response to pathogens and vaccines, and how to optimize neonatal immunity through transplacental transfer of antibodies from mother to fetus.
Ai-ris Yonekura Collier, M.D.
/in Early-Phase Clinical Trials, Translational Immunology, Reproductive ImmunologyTissue Biology
/in Research Programs, Research Programs - home pageUnderstanding how immune cells exert functions in their native context is fundamental towards deciphering engineering better defenses against viral infections or cancer. CVVR investigators collaboratively combine their deep expertise in translational immunology, viral pathogenesis and technological breakthroughs in spatial-omics to tackle intractable questions in infectious diseases.
Technology Development and Applications
/in Research Programs, Research Programs - home pageKey breakthroughs in biological research often results from combining engineering innovative solutions to address fundamental questions. CVVR investigators are developing creative molecular tools to re-interrogate key questions in virus-host interactions and immune responses to diseases, thus enabling new insights into targetable therapeutics.
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