Robin Stephens
Associate Professor, Director at Rutgers NJMS
- Role
- Associate Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- Location
- Newark, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robin Stephens
I am an immunologist focusing on malaria and COVID-19. My lab is NIH funded and focuses on two main areas: T cell memory, and neuroinflammation resulting from infection with the blood stage of Plasmodium chabaudi, a rodent model of malaria. We identified a pathway for differentiation of effector memory CD4 T cells in P. chabaudi, and have now shown the importance of effector T cells in protection. We work to understand the factors important in inducing and maintaining protective T cells in order to improve methods for malaria vaccination promoting long-lived protection. Longevity of protection is one of the major caveats of current approaches. Other interests include the role of inflammation-induced coagulation on the integrity of the glial-vascular unit during Plasmodium infection, the metabolism of T cells as they differentiate and protect, and the role of T/B cell collaboration in limitation of hyper-parasitemia. During the pandemic, we have focused on understanding immune-regulation of severity using mouse adapted SARS-CoV-2 and will seek to extend these studies to understand the immunopathology of COVID-19.
Experience
Associate Professor
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
May 2022 — Present · Newark, NJ, US
Education
Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology
1989 — 1993
New York University School of Medicine
M.S., Immunology
1995 — 1997
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Ph.D., Immunology
1997 — 2001
New York University
Master's degree, Immunology
1995 — 1997
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