Immunology
Immunologists in the department study basic mechanisms of immune development, homeostasis and effector function in health and infectious and autoimmune disease. Studies on T cell development (Rudd) and function (Rudd, Fowell, McGeachy, August) focus on in situ effector programs that regulate tissue immunity with a view to improving vaccines and immuno-therapeutics. Innate immune interests span myeloid cell responses to infectious challenge (Russell, Leifer, VanderVen), stromal responses to inflammatory cues (McGeachy) and early events at the epithelium to changes in the gut microbiome (Chang). Linking innate and adaptive arms, the Lau lab uses single cell ‘omics’ tools to understand common and distinct programs that shape NK and CD8 T cell memory. Viral immunologists seek to enhance the efficacy of the antibody response to viral infection during early life (Caddy) and develop strategies to enhance broadly neutralizing antibody responses (Flyak).
Related: Cornell Center for Immunology
 | Avery August, PhD HHMI Professor Professor of Immunology Deputy Provost Immune cell activation and signaling in development, response to infection and respiratory inflammation |
 | Sarah Caddy, MA VetMB PhD DACVM FRCVS Assistant Professor of Virology at Baker Institute for Animal Health Virus-antibody interactions with a focus on maternal and neonatal immunity |
 | Pamela Chang, PhD Associate Professor of Immunology Identification of metabolites produced by the gut microbiota that regulate the host immune system and the development of chemical tools to modulate the immune response |
 | Anushka Dongre, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity of cancer cells, immune-suppression in the tumor microenvironment, mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint blockade therapies |
 | Andrew Flyak, PhD Assistant Professor of Virology & Immunology Characterization of human B-cell and antibody responses to viral pathogens; profiling of antibody response after vaccination; structural immunology; single cell B-cell sequencing |
 | Deborah Fowell, PhD Professor of Immunology Department Chair Director, Cornell Center for Immunology Regulation of immunity at tissues sites of infection and inflammation, immune imaging, intravital multiphoton microscopy |
 | Colleen M. Lau, PhD Assistant Professor of Immunology Understanding transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of immune memory in innate and adaptive lymphocytes using genome-wide approaches during viral infection and other inflammatory contexts |
 | Gary Koretzky, MD, PhD Vice Provost for Research Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Cynthia Leifer, PhD Professor of Immunology Director, Cornell Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Understanding innate immunity from the inside out: Toll-like receptors, signaling, dendritic cells, and controlling microbial infection |
 | Mandy McGeachy, PhD Professor of Immunology Our lab works to understand how Th17 cells develop and are influenced to be 'good' or 'bad' in their functions |
 | Brian Rudd, MPH, PhD Professor of Immunology Developmental immunology; host response to infection |
 | David Russell, PhD William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology, Emeritus The biology of intracellular infection, with emphasis on Mycobacteria |
 | Brian VanderVen, PhD Professor of Bacteriology Physiology of the intracellular pathogen M. tuberculosis |