Dissertation library
We celebrate the following PhD dissertations completed in Pneumonia Biology Labs:
2025
Riley Pihl: Neutrophils Respond with Pathogen-Specific Defenses during Bacterial Pneumonia
Mentor: Katrina E. Traber
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
Erik Matson: Molecular and Immunological Mechanisms of B cell-Activating Factor-Driven B cell Dysregulation in CVID
Mentor: Paul J. Maglione
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
Nathan Sanders: Animal Models of Coronavirus Heterotypic Immunity
Mentors: Joseph P. Mizgerd and Mohsan Saeed
Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology PhD
Kevin Hayes: Impacts of Endogenously Expressed Heterozygous NFKB1 Variants on Complicated Variable Immune Deficiency
Mentor: Paul J. Maglione
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
Jhonatan Henao Vasquez: Lung Airway MIWI2 Expressing Multiciliated Cells and Influenza A Pathogenesis
Mentors: Matthew R. Jones and Alan Fine
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
2024
Senegal Carty: Pulmonary Lymphatic Remodeling in Response to Influenza-Induced Inflammation
Mentors: Matthew R. Jones and Alan Fine
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
2023
Neelou Etesami: Dynamics and Requirements for Protective Lung B Cells After Pneumococcal Infection
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology PhD
Alex Ysasi: The Role of the Immune Microenvironment in Conducting Airway Epithelial Homeostasis and Repair
Mentors: George J. Murphy and Joseph P. Mizgerd
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
2022
Michael Breen: Extravascular B Cell Populations in the Influenza A Virus Experienced Lung
Mentors: Rachel Fearns and Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD
Elim Na: The cytoprotective effects of leukemia inhibitory factor during bacterial pneumonia
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
Christine Odom: Liver-dependent lung remodeling during systemic inflammation alters responses to secondary infection
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Microbiology PhD
Carolina Lyon De Ana: Novel subsets of resident lymphocytes in murine lungs recovered from pneumococcal pneumonia
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD
2021
Emad Arafa: Recovery from pneumococcal pneumonia remodels the pool of alveolar macrophages
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
Kim Barker: The establishment and function of lung resident memory B cells after bacterial respiratory infection
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD
2019
Alicia Wooten: Pneumococcal phosphodiesterase 2 mutation elicits a unique type I interferon response in macrophages
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
Yuri Kim: Liver-dependent protection during pneumonia and sepsis
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
2016
Greg Wasserman: A discrete population of ciliated cells express the piRNA binding protein MIWI2 to regulate lung inflammation
Mentor: Matthew R. Jones
Microbiology PhD
Nicole Stauffer Smith: Respiratory infections with pneumococci establish multi-pronged heterotypic protection against pneumonia
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine PhD
Fadie Coleman: Influence of macrophage NF-kappaB activation on pneumococcal pneumonia
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD
Elyse Kozlowski: Functional roles for the terminal uridyltransferase enzymes Zcchc6 and Zcchc11 in mammalian biology
Mentor: Matthew R. Jones
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD
2015
Kristie Hilliard: The functional significance of the lung-liver axis during pneumonia
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Microbiology PhD
2012
Matt Blahna: Uridyltransferase-dependent and -independent regulatory functions of Zcchc11
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Biological Sciences in Public Health PhD (Harvard U.)
Additional recent BU theses are also accessible on-line.