{"id":807,"date":"2021-12-01T10:47:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T15:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T20:26:36","slug":"phd-theses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/research\/phd-theses\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissertation library"},"content":{"rendered":"

We celebrate the following PhD dissertations completed in Pneumonia Biology Labs:<\/em><\/h4>\n

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2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Riley Pihl<\/b>: Neutrophils Respond with Pathogen-Specific Defenses during Bacterial Pneumonia
Mentor: Katrina E. Traber
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

Erik\u00a0<\/strong>Matson<\/b>: Molecular and Immunological Mechanisms of B cell-Activating Factor-Driven B cell Dysregulation in CVID
Mentor: Paul J. Maglione
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

Nathan Sanders<\/strong>: Animal Models of Coronavirus Heterotypic Immunity
Mentors: Joseph P. Mizgerd and Mohsan Saeed
Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

Kevin Hayes<\/b>: Impacts of Endogenously Expressed Heterozygous NFKB1<\/em> Variants on Complicated Variable Immune Deficiency\u00a0
Mentor: Paul J. Maglione
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

Jhonatan Henao Vasquez<\/strong>: Lung Airway MIWI2 Expressing Multiciliated Cells and Influenza A Pathogenesis
Mentors: Matthew R. Jones and Alan Fine
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

2024<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Senegal C<\/strong>arty<\/b>: Pulmonary Lymphatic Remodeling in Response to Influenza-Induced Inflammation<\/span><\/a>
Mentors: Matthew R. Jones and Alan Fine
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

2023<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Neelou Etesami<\/strong>: Dynamics and Requirements for Protective Lung B Cells After Pneumococcal Infection<\/a>
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

Alex Ysasi<\/strong>: The Role of the Immune Microenvironment in Conducting Airway Epithelial Homeostasis and Repair<\/a>\u00a0
Mentors: George J. Murphy and Joseph P. Mizgerd
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

2022<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Breen<\/strong>: Extravascular B Cell Populations in the Influenza A Virus Experienced Lung<\/a>
Mentors: Rachel Fearns and Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

Elim Na<\/strong>: The cytoprotective effects of leukemia inhibitory factor during bacterial pneumonia<\/a>
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

Christine Odom<\/strong>: Liver-dependent lung remodeling during systemic inflammation alters responses to secondary infection<\/a>
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

Carolina Lyon De Ana<\/strong>: Novel subsets of resident lymphocytes in murine lungs recovered from pneumococcal pneumonia<\/a>
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

2021<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emad Arafa<\/strong>: Recovery from pneumococcal pneumonia remodels the pool of alveolar macrophages<\/a>
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

Kim Barker<\/strong>: The establishment and function of lung resident memory B cells after bacterial respiratory infection<\/a>
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alicia Wooten<\/strong>: Pneumococcal phosphodiesterase 2 mutation elicits a unique type I interferon response in macrophages<\/a>
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

Yuri Kim<\/strong>: Liver-dependent protection during pneumonia and sepsis<\/a>
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Greg Wasserman<\/strong>: A discrete population of ciliated cells express the piRNA binding protein MIWI2 to regulate lung inflammation<\/a>
Mentor: Matthew R. Jones
Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

Nicole Stauffer Smith<\/strong>: Respiratory infections with pneumococci establish multi-pronged heterotypic protection against pneumonia<\/a>
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

Fadie Coleman<\/strong>: Influence of macrophage NF-kappaB activation on pneumococcal pneumonia<\/a>
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

Elyse Kozlowski<\/strong>: Functional roles for the terminal uridyltransferase enzymes Zcchc6 and Zcchc11 in mammalian biology<\/a>
Mentor: Matthew R. Jones
Molecular and Translational Medicine PhD<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kristie Hilliard<\/strong>: The functional significance of the lung-liver axis during pneumonia<\/a>
Mentor: Lee J. Quinton
Microbiology PhD<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Blahna<\/strong>: Uridyltransferase-dependent and -independent regulatory functions of Zcchc11
Mentor: Joseph P. Mizgerd
Biological Sciences in Public Health PhD (Harvard U.)<\/p>\n

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Additional recent BU theses<\/a> are also accessible on-line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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