Staff

Simin Nikbin Meydani, D.V.M., Ph.D., Laboratory Director
HNRCA Associate Director, Senior Scientist and Professor, Nutrition and Immunology
Research focus: age- and nutrient-induced changes in immune and inflammatory response, their underlying mechanisms and clinical implications

Dayong Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Scientist I and Assistant Professor, Nutrition
Research focus: effects of dietary lipids, antioxidant nutrients, and other food components on immune and inflammatory responses; eicosanoid metabolism and immune function; molecular mechanisms of age-related changes in immune cells

Angelo Azzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Scientist
Research focus: the molecular function of tocopherols and carotenoids

David Hamer, M.D.
Adjunct Scientist
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Nutrition
Research focus: nutritional relationships of infectious disease

Basil Fine, M.D.
Adjunct Scientst
Research focus: infectious diseases in the elderly

Junaidah Bajrai Barnett, Ph.D.
Scientist
Research focus: effects of nutrients, dietary and other factors on infectious and chronic diseases

Tina Huang, Ph.D.
Scientist III
Research focus: Effects of fats and fat-soluble vitamins on cognitive functioning in the elderly

Zhihong Ren, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: effect of age and nutrients on food-borne pathogens

Hoan-Jen Eunice Pang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: Effect of age and nutrition in immune response and the resistance to foodborne pathogens

Emily Peters, B.S., Research Technician

Sarah Belisle, B.S., M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Munkyong Pae, B.S., M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Wei Ren, M.A., Medical Nutrition Sciences, Research Assistant

Stephanie Marco, M.A., N.H. Cert., Administrative Coordinator

Nutritional Immunology Laboratory

To learn more about the Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, please visit the lab's USDA/ARS webpage.*

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Struggle and Inspiration
Tufts symposium tackles difficult issues facing women in the science, medicine and engineering fields.

Healthy Fungus
White button mushrooms appear to boost immune function

Vitamin E: Infection Prevention
Vitamin E supplements may play an important role in preventing colds and other upper respiratory infections

Study: Zinc Boosts Immunity In Elderly
Maintaining normal zinc levels can help elderly patients ward off pneumonia.

Ask the Professor
Is frozen yogurt as nutritious as regular yogurt? Live cultures such as acidophilus are an important ingredient in regular yogurt; what happens to them when the yogurt is frozen?