We are a young enterprise – our center launched in 2022 – but we have recruited extremely bright and creative explorers of immunology. In the months ahead, we will add more resident scientists to our team.

We also embrace a collaborative mindset. Our frontline colleagues in investigation are the Augusta University affiliated scientists you see below; and we have formed a Scientific Advisory Board of leaders in the field.

Resident Scientists

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Klaus Ley, MD

  • Co-Director, IMMCG
  • Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
  • Professor, Physiology
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Catherine C. 'Lynn' Hedrick, PhD

  • Co-Director, IMMCG
  • GRA Bradley Turner Eminent Scholar
  • in Vascular & Cancer Immunology
  • Professor, Medicine
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Kunzhe Dong, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
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Rafael Czepielewski, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
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Adil Rasheed, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Affiliated Scientists

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Ahmed Chadli, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Medicine
  • Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Associate Professor, Graduate studies
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Yan Cui, PhD

  • Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Professor, Graduate Studies
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Yukai He, MD, PhD

  • Professor, Graduate Studies
  • Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Tianxiang "Sean" Hu, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Assistant Professor, GCC
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Anand Jillella, MD

  • J. Harold Harrison, MD Distinguished University Chair, Medicine
  • Professor, Medicine & Pediatrics
  • Chief, Hematology/Oncology
  • GCC Assoc. Director, Clinical Affairs
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Theodore Johnson, MD, PhD

  • Professor, Pediatrics
  • Professor, Graduate Studies
  • Professor, DNRM
  • Professor, Georgia Cancer Center
  • Professor, The Graduate School, Augusta University
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Vamsi K. Kota, MD

  • Associate Professor, Medicine
  • Director, Bone Marrow & Stem Cell Transplantation Program
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Hasan Korkaya, DCM, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Associate Professor, School of Graduate Studies
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Kebin Liu, PhD

  • Professor, GCC
  • Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Santhakumar Manicassamy, PhD

  • Professor, Medicine
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Nagendra Singh, PhD

  • Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Professor, Pathology
  • Professor, The Graduate School, AU
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Huidong Shi, PhD

  • Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Professor, Graduate Studies
  • Member,
  • Molecular Onc. & Biomarkers Program
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David Munn, PhD

  • Professor, Pediatric Oncology
  • Co-Director, Pediatric Immunotherapy Program
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Gang Zhou, PhD

  • Professor, GCC, Medicine
  • Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Professor, The Graduate School, AU

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

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Jane Buckner, MD

  • President, BRI;
  • Director, Translational Sample Core
  • Benaroya Institute, Seattle, WA
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Mark Davis, PhD

  • Professor, Microbiology & Immunology,
  • Director, Stanford Institute for Immunity, Transplantation & Infection, Stanford University
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Marc Jenkins, PhD

  • Regents & Distinguished McKnight University
  • Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Minnesota
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Mariana J. Kaplan, MD

  • Deputy Scientific Director, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, NIH
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Mitch Kronenberg, PhD

  • Chief Scientific Officer,
  • Center, Autoimmunity & Inflammation,
  • Center, Infectious Disease & Vaccine Research
  • La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Staff

Debbie Ellison

  • Business Manager

Jada Mister

  • Administrative Assistant II

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