Education
- Undergraduate: AB, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 2012
- Graduate: 2020, Yale University
Research Summary
In animals, host defense has two modes: antimicrobial programs, which kill pathogens directly; and sickness, a state of altered physiology and behavior that is actively generated by brain-immune system interactions. The lab is interested in (1) how and (2) why infections make us sick – the neuroimmune interactions that lead to sickness, and their impact on host fitness. Our goal is to understand the mechanistic basis of sickness as a host defense strategy.
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