We study immunity in the epithelial tissues that line our body to understand how environmental stimuli collaborate with genetic factors to influence health and drive disease at these interfaces. Our work centers on four major areas of research:
Host-microbe interactions
Immune-tissue crosstalk
Inflammatory memory
Translational research
Featured Publication
Metabolic coordination between skin epithelium and type 17 immunity sustains chronic skin inflammation
Inflammatory epithelial diseases are spurred by the concomitant dysregulation of immune and epithelial cells. How these two dysregulated cellular compartments simultaneously sustain their heightened metabolic demands is unclear. [...]
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April 16, 2025
Joe receives an NIH F31 Award for his project “Decoding the mechanism of inflammatory memory in human epithelia”
November 22, 2024
Presentations at the Precision Immunology Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (PrIISM) Retreat
May 20, 2024
Dr. Shruti Naik honored with prestigious LEO Foundation Award
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