Meena Chandok, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral) 2004-2007
Defining a biochemical signature for rapid recall of memory CD4 T cells
Defining a biochemical signature for rapid recall of memory CD4 T cells
Homeostasis & function of memory and regulatory T cells in transplantation
Current Position: Surgery Resident, University of Maryland
Thesis Project: Alterations in T cell Receptor Mediated Proximal Signaling in CD4+ T cell Effector Function
Current Position: Completing M.D. portion at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, to graduate 2009
Thesis Project: Control of Memory CD4 T cell recall by the CD28/B7 costimulatory pathway
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ifakara Health Research and Development Center, Ifakara, Tanzania
Thesis Project : Generation and Heterogeneity of Memory CD4 T cells
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Generation of alloreactive memory T cells
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Control of memory T cells in transplantation
Current Position: Transplant Surgeon, San Antonio, TX
Modulation of memory T cells by altered peptide ligands
(supported by AHA postdoctoral fellowship)
Current Position: Project Scientist, Immunology, SeraCare Life Sciences, Gaithersburg, MD
Thesis Project: Transcriptional Regulation of the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene
Current Position: Himedia Laboratories, Director of R&D, Cell Biology & Immunology, Mumbai, India
Thesis Project: Functional Heterogeneity and Plasticity of a memory CD4 T cell population
Current Position: Research Fellow, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Thesis Project: Alterations in T cell receptor-mediated signal transduction in human effector CD4 T cells
Current Position: Medical Resident, George Washington University , Washington, D.C.
Thesis Project: Functional and Biochemical Characterization of murine effector and memory CD4 T cells
Current Position: Scientist, CDC Atlanta, GA
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The memory CD4 T cell response to influenza infection

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Signaling and transcriptional control of memory T cell recall

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Signal transduction requirements for memory CD4 T cell generation, maintenance and homeostasis
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T cell trafficking and differentiation in autoimmunity
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Proinflammatory memory CD4 T cell in influenza virus infection
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Mechanisms for protective secondary responses to influenza virus
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The dynamics of T cell depletional and reconstitution during induction therapy