Current Lab Members

Education:

BS: Pharmacy, Charotar University of Science and Technology, India
MS: Pharmacology, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, Worecester, MA
PhD: UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 

I will be working on engineering an AAV capsid specifically for efficient genomic editing of human T cells.

Education:

BSc: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
MS: Biotechnology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran 
PhD: Medical Biotechnology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran (2014-)
PhD: Immunology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA (2019-)

A limiting factor in widespread application of gene therapy is the induction of an immune response. In systemic Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) gene therapy, there is an immune response to both the AAV vehicle and the introduced transgene. My project focuses on generation of chimeric antigen receptor regulatory T cells (CAR-Tregs) to suppress an immune response against AAV gene therapy and the introduced transgene.

Education: BS - Biology, UMass Dartmouth

Education:

BS - Drexel University
PhD - UMass Chan Medical School (2021-) 

Co-mentored by Dr. Robert Brown, MD, DPhil. Working on CAR Treg therapies for neurodegenerative disorders, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Focusing on alleviating pathological inflammation in the central nervous system. 

Education: BS - Biochemistry, Stonehill College

Education: BA - Biology, College of the Holy Cross

Education: 

BS - Animal Science, UCONN

MS - Animal Science, growth and physiology, UCONN