Tian Wang, PhD

Dr. Wang's research focuses on understanding of immune response to West Nile virus infection in protection and pathogenesis. West Nile virus, a vector-borne pathogen, has resulted in annual outbreaks of viral encephalitis in North America since 1999. Using murine infection model, her current work explores immune factors contributing to the development of long-lasting protective immunity against West Nile virus. Aging is a known risk factor for West Nile virus induced encephalitis. The decline in immunity seen in the elderly is one of the significant contributors to the increased risk of infection. Her lab also studies whether the dysfunction of immune factors in aged mice leads to a defective adaptive immunity.

Faculty Members

A Paige Adams, DVM, PhD Gregg N Milligan, PhD
Christine Arcari, PhD, MPH Vladimir L Motin, PhD
Beth Auslander, PhD Martin G Myers, MD
Samuel Baron, MD Joan E Nichols, PhD
Alan DT Barrett, PhD David W Niesel, PhD
David WC Beasley, PhD Juan P. Olano, MD
Abdelhakim Ben Nasr, PhD Slobodan Paessler, DVM, PhD
Dennis A. Bente, DVM, PhD Janak A Patel, MD
Abbey B Berenson, MD, MMS, PhD Clarence J Peters, MD
Nigel Bourne, PhD Johnny Peterson, PhD
Donald Bouyer, PhD Anson Pierce, PhD
Werner A Braun, PhD Richard B Pyles, PhD
Alexander Bukreyev, PhD Vincente Resto, MD, PhD
Antonella Casola, MD Victor E Reyes, PhD
Tasnee Chonmaitree, MD Barry Rockx, PhD
Ashok K Chopra, PhD, CSc Jai Rudra, PhD
Yingzi Cong, PhD Richard Rupp, MD
Kathryn A Cunningham, PhD Kwabena O Sarpong, MD
Melanie de Boer, PhD Catherine H. Schein, PhD
Tonya Eaves-Pyles, PhD Michael B Sherman, PhD
Janice Endsley, PhD Lynn Soong, MD, PhD
Marxa L. Figueiredo, PhD Robin Stephens, PhD
Naomi Forrester, PhD Jiaren Sun, MD, PhD
Alex Freiberg, PhD Robert B Tesh, MD
Nisha Garg, PhD Nagaraja Thirumalapura, PhD
Roberto Garofalo, MD Alfredo G Torres, PhD
Randall M Goldblum, MD Bruno Travi, DVM, PhD
Stephen Higgs, PhD (adjunct faculty) Dennis Trent, PhD
Michael R Holbrook, PhD (adjunct faculty) Chien-Te (Kent) Tseng, PhD
Clifford Houston, PhD Robert Ullrich, PhD
Tetsuro Ikegami, DVM, PhD Michael P Underbrink, MD, MBA
Rakez Kayed, PhD Gustavo Valbuena, MD, PhD
Rolf Konig, PhD Dana Vanlandingham, PhD
Thomas G. Ksiazek, DVM, PhD David H Walker, MD
James LeDuc, PhD Tian Wang, PhD
James C Lee, PhD Stan Watowich, PhD
Bruce A Luxon, PhD Scott C Weaver, PhD
Shinji Makino, DVM, PhD Susan C Weller, PhD
Peter Mason, PhD (adjunct faculty) MinKyung Yi, PhD
Jere W McBride, PhD Xue-Jie Yu, MD, PhD
Peter Melby, MD  
Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, MD, PhD
Last updated: August 2013