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Postdoctoral Fellows

The Immunology Center of Georgia is proud to be a training ground for the next generation of immunological innovation, where our postdoctoral fellows drive groundbreaking discoveries. These dedicated individuals produce novel ideas to fuel our future as leaders in immunology research. Learn about their work and get inspired to join us if you are looking for the next step in your scientific journey.

IMMCG offers opportunities for postdoctoral career development. If you are interested, contact our faculty members to inquire out about available postdoctoral research positions. Each faculty member maintains an active and funded research lab.

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Not based in the U.S. but interested in becoming a postdoc with IMMCG? Find support and information about visa and immigration assistance from Augusta University's International and Postdoctoral Services Office.

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IMMCG Postdoctoral Students

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Apeksha Anand, PhD

apanand@augusta.edu

PhD: CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, India, 2023

Area of study: Cancer immunotherapy and ONT sequencing

 

shi LABPublications

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Irina Baranovskaya, PhD

ibaranovskaya@augusta.edu

PhD: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia, 2021

Area of study: Monocyte development in disease

 

Hedrick LABpublications 

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Ruibo Cai, PhD

rcai@augusta.edu

PhD: Sorbonne University, France, 2019

Area of study: Crosstalk between smooth muscle cells and immune cells in atherosclerosis

 

Dong LABPublications 

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Adil Ijaz, PhD

aijaz@augusta.edu

PhD: Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2024

Area of study: Role of olfactory receptors in atherosclerosis

 

Orecchioni LABPublications

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Natalia Jaeger, PhD

njaeger@augusta.edu

PhD: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2023

Area of study: Modulation of the endometrial cancer immune environment by ancestry/race

 

Hedrick LABpublications 

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Sunil Kumar, PhD

skumar2@augusta.edu

PhD: National Centre for Cell Science, India, 2021

Area of study: Role of TCF7 in atherosclerosis

 

Ley LABpublications 

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Qingkang Lyu, PhD

qilyu@augusta.edu

PhD: Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2021

Area of study: The mechanism of Treg-extreg conversion in arthrosclerosis

 

Ley LABPublications 

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Smriti Parashar, PhD

sparashar@augusta.edu

PhD: National Institute of Immunology, India, 2017

Area of study: Understanding immune cell dysfunction in atherosclerosis

 

Ley LABPublications 

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Sabrina Robichaud, PhD

srobichaud@augusta.edu

PhD: University of Ottawa, Canada, 2023

Area of study: Lipid metabolism in cardiovascular disease and cancer

 

Hedrick LABPublications

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Ishita Tandon, PhD

itandon@augusta.edu

PhD: University of Arkansas, 2022

Area of study: Role of CD8+ T cells in autoimmunity

 

Abdelsamed LABPublications 

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Aleksandr Taraskin, PhD

ataraskin@augusta.edu

PhD: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia, 2021

Area of study: Bioinformatics and immunology, encompassing transcriptomic data analysis of immune cells in cardiovascular disease and cancer

 

Hedrick LABPublications

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Gabriel Valentin, PhD

gvalentin@augusta.edu

PhD: Universidad Central del Caribe, Puerto Rico, 2022

Area of study: CXCR3+ monocytes influence on T cell anti-tumoral response

 

Hedrick LABPublications 

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Yan Wang, PhD

ywang6@augusta.edu

PhD: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022

Area of study: The role of talin and kindlin in integrin activation

 

Ley LABPublications

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Suchen Yadav, PhD

suyadav@augusta.edu

PhD: Seoul National University, South Korea, 2024

Area of study: Functional role of neutrophils in cancers

 

Zhu LABPublications

 

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