A Commitment to Immunology
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Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, Wins Victoria’s Secret Award to Study Ovarian Cancer
CIC resident member Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, was awarded the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Rising Innovator Grant. The award, in partnership with Pelotonia and the American Association for Cancer Research, funds innovative research projects in breast and … Read More
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CIC Hosts 2025 Thomas Braciale Lecture
On Monday, October 27, the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC) hosted the third annual Thomas Braciale Lecture. This year’s speaker, Christopher Klebanoff, MD, presented a talk titled “Immunogenicity and Therapeutic Targeting of Recurrently Mutated ‘Public’ Neoantigens”, wherein … Read More
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CIC Hosts 2025 Carter Lecture
The Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC) hosted its annual Carter Immunology Lecture on October 6, 2025. The lecture honors Beirne Carter, whose generosity provided the initial gift needed to establish our Research Center. This year, the CIC … Read More
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Michael Brown, PhD, Wins Grant to Study ‘Elite Control’ of HIV
Michael Brown, PhD, resident member of the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research (CIC) and Professor of Medicine in the Nephrology Division, received an R01 grant award from the NIH exceeding $3,000,000 for his project “Paired receptor signaling for NK … Read More
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Jinyi Tang, PhD, Receives NIH K99/R00 Award to Study New COVID Vaccination Routes
Jinyi Tang, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher mentored by Jie Sun, PhD, was selected to receive an NIH K99/R00 award. This prestigious grant will fund up to two years of Tang’s research at UVA and another three years when he transitions … Read More
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Sarah Ewald, PhD, receives NIH-R35 Award to Study Cachexia
Sarah Ewald, PhD, CIC resident member and Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, was awarded a five-year, $2.35 million R35 grant from the NIH. These funds will allow the Ewald Lab to further study the role of the … Read More
Jinyi Tang
Title: Peripheral Th1 effector cells support respiratory IgA after mucosal vaccination
James Ross
Title: Targeting the Non-Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment of Diffuse Midline Glioma
Audrey Brown
Title: The CREM Transcription Factor Influences Susceptibility to Malnutrition and Entamoeba histolytica Infection