Anna Belkina, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Belkina received her M.D. from Russian State Medical University and her Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from BU School of Medicine investigating the epigenetic regulation of inflammatory responses driven by bromodomain proteins. Her breadth of knowledge of flow cytometric applications includes the development of intra- and extra-cellular staining protocols and panels for use in a wide variety of applications, including immunophenotyping of mouse and human cells, apoptosis assays, cell cycle profiling and stem cell isolation. At the FCCF, Dr. Belkina assists our users with experimental design, panel development, data analysis and many other facets of flow cytometry, and is a fully proficient BD FACSARIA operator. She also trains new users and is responsible for instrument maintenance.
Anna’s research is focused on the intersection of immunology and computational biology, for her current research efforts include investigating the immune landscape of chronic inflammatory diseases and developing computational techniques to assess high-parameter single cell cytometry data. Anna is an active member of ISAC (International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry) and has been named 2015-2019 ISAC SRL Emerging Leader.

Publications

  • Published 10/6/2025

    Yabaji SM, Lata S, Tseng AE, Araveti PB, Lo M, Gavrish I, O'Connell AK, Gertje HP, Belkina AC, Thurman CE, Kiyokawa H, Kotton D, Tan S, Endsley JJ, Bishai WR, Crossland N, Kobzik L, Kramnik I. Dysplastic lung repair fosters a tuberculosis-promoting microenvironment through maladaptive macrophage polarization. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Oct; 21(10):e1013563. PMID: 41052208.

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  • Published 3/4/2025

    Yabaji SM, Lata S, Tseng AE, Araveti PB, Lo M, Gavrish I, O'Connell AK, Gertje HP, Belkina AC, Thurman CE, Kiyokawa H, Kotton D, Tan S, Endsley JJ, Bishai WR, Crossland N, Kobzik L, Kramnik I. Aberrant macrophage activation and maladaptive lung repair promote tuberculosis progression uniquely in the lung. bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 04. PMID: 40093068.

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  • Published 2/17/2025

    Ravi VR, Korkmaz FT, De Ana CL, Lu L, Shao FZ, Odom CV, Barker KA, Ramanujan A, Niszczak EN, Goltry WN, Martin IMC, Ha CT, Quinton LJ, Jones MR, Fine A, Welch JD, Chen F, Belkina AC, Mizgerd JP, Shenoy AT. Lung CD4+ resident memory T cells use airway secretory cells to stimulate and regulate onset of allergic airway neutrophilic disease. Cell Rep. 2025 Mar 25; 44(3):115294. PMID: 39965565.

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  • Published 9/25/2024

    Dowrey TW, Cranston SF, Skvir N, Lok Y, Gould B, Petrowitz B, Villar D, Shan J, James M, Dodge M, Belkina AC, Giadone RM, Milman S, Sebastiani P, Perls TT, Andersen SL, Murphy GJ. A longevity-specific bank of induced pluripotent stem cells from centenarians and their offspring. Aging Cell. 2025 Jan; 24(1):e14351. PMID: 39319670.

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  • Published 5/15/2024

    Pihl RMF, Smith-Mahoney EL, Olson A, Yuen RR, Asundi A, Lin N, Belkina AC, Snyder-Cappione JE. Vd1 Effector and Vd2 ?d T-Cell Subsets Shift in Frequency and Are Linked to Plasma Inflammatory Markers During Antiretroviral Therapy-Suppressed HIV Infection. J Infect Dis. 2024 May 15; 229(5):1317-1327. PMID: 38390982.

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Other Positions

  • Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center
    Boston University
  • Member, Pulmonary Center
    Boston University

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Education

  • Russian State Medical University, MD
  • Boston University School of Medicine, PhD
  • Rockefeller University, MS

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