CURRENT MEMBERS

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nina received a BS Biological Sciences and a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Maryland. She then moved to the Midwest to pursue a PhD in  Molecular Genetics and Genomics at Washington University in St. Louis. ...

Yin did her doctoral studies at Kansas State in Pathobiology with Dr. Jianfa Bai. Yin's studies focused on developing novel assays for detection of emerging viruses, including African swine fever virus, Seneca valley virus 1 and foot-and-mouth disease virus. She...

Yifei joins us after completing PhD studies with Sanjay Reddy and Blanca Lupiani at Texas A&M.  Yifei's doctoral studies focused on the alpha-herpesvirus Marek's Disease Virus, an important avian tumor virus.  Yifei studied roles of the US3 kinase, the MEQ...

Eshaani did her doctoral studies in virology with Dr. Haitao Guo at University of Indiana and subsequently at University of Pittsburgh studying Hepatitis B virus (HBV) host/pathogen interactions.  Eshaani found that HBV precore protein p22 inhibits alpha interferon signaling by...

Eric Burton received his PhD from Stonybrook University.  Eric's doctoral research with Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh focused on host pathogen interactions that regulate the EBV lytic cycle.  Eric identified that EBV exploits several inflammasome sensors to activate the lytic cycle, in particular...

Email: bgewurz@bwh.harvard.edu, Twitter: @BenGewurz. Bluesky: @bgewurz.bsky.social  Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Founding Member, Center for Integrated Solutions in Infectious Diseases, Broad Institute and Harvard Medical School. Associate Chair, Harvard Program in Virology. Ben graduated from...