Faculty Research Interests
Dr. Andrij Holian
Director CEHS, Professor, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Mechanisms of the development of lung inflammation and fibrosis resulting from exposure to airborne particulates (asbestos, silicates, nanoparticles and urban dusts) and ozone.
Dr. Chris Migliaccio
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and CEHS.
Pulmonary macrophage subsets and their role(s) in immune regulation within the lung, as well as their response to environmental contaminates using both silica and biomass smoke animal exposure models.
Dr. Kevan Roberts
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Director of CEHS.
Lung mucosal Immunology. The regulation of pulmonary Th2 responses by prostacyclin and other eicosanoids – effects on allergic inflammation and the IgE response. The IgA response in the airway - regulation by inflammation and respiratory infections.
Dr. Scott Wetzel
Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences and CEHS
CD4+ T cell activation and immunological synapse formation, the biological role of APC to T cell protein transfer (trogocytosis) both for the individual T cell and how this controls initiation and potentiation of ongoing immune responses, immunomodulatory effects of the herbicide Atrazine
