PhD Research

During my PhD training, I was broadly interested in solid organ transplantation and tissue resident memory T cells. Specifically, I wanted to understand the role of tissue resident memory T cells in mediating chronic rejection of kidney transplants. My colleagues and I have:

• Found recipient-derived dendritic cells undergo cross-decoration where they obtain donor-derived MHC-peptide complexes, present to effector CD8 T cells, and are sufficient for sustaining rejection.


• Established that memory T cells in kidney transplants have a phenotypic, functional, and transcriptional profile consistent with tissue residency and mediate graft rejection.


• Identified that resident memory T cells require cognate antigen presentation and trans-presentation of IL-15 by monocyte-derived dendritic cells for their maintenance and function in mediating graft rejection.

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