<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\nProf. Univ. Dr. Iulia Popescu<\/span><\/strong>
Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Infliximab therapies targeting TNF- may be beneficial of CD4+ T cell dysfunction in severe COVID-19<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nAuthor: Iulia Popescu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA<\/p>\n
Rationale: Lymphopenia is common in severe COVID-19 disease, yet the immune mechanisms are poorly understood. As inflammatory cytokines are increased in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, we hypothesized a role in contributing to reduced T-cell numbers. Objectives: We sought to characterize the functional SARS-CoV-2 T-cell responses in severe versus recovered, mild COVID-19 patients to determine whether differences were detectable. Methods: Using flow cytometry and single cell RNA sequence analyses we assessed SARS-CoV-2-specific responses in our cohort. Measurements\/Main Results: Here we show it is associated with worse survival and is CD4+ T-cell predominant. We further demonstrate that Spike-1(S1) induces high levels of in vitro TNF- in CD4+ T-cells from severe COVID-19 patients but demonstrate impaired T-cell proliferation and increased susceptibility to activation-induced cell death (AICD). In 148 patients with severe COVID-19, we found lymphopenia was associated with worse survival. CD4+ lymphopenia predominated, with lower CD4+\/CD8+ ratios in severe COVID-19 compared to patients with mild disease (p<0.0001). In severe disease, immunodominant CD4+ T-cell responses to Spike-1(S1) produced increased in vitro TNF-, but demonstrated impaired S1-specific proliferation and increased susceptibility to activation-induced cell-death (AICD) following antigen exposure. CD4+TNF-+ T-cell responses inversely correlated with absolute CD4+ counts from severe COVID-19 patients (n=76; R=-0.797, P<0.0001). In vitro TNF- blockade including infliximab or anti-TNFRI antibodies strikingly rescued S1-specific CD4+ T-cell proliferation and abrogated S1-specific AICD in PBMC from severe COVID-19 patients (P<0.001). Single-cell RNAseq demonstrated downregulation of Type-1 cytokines and NFB signaling in S1-stimulated CD4+ cells with infliximab treatment. We also evaluated bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and lung explant CD4+ T-cells recovered from severe COVID-19 patients and observed that lung T-cells produced higher TNF- compared to PBMC.
Conclusions: Together, our findings show CD4+ dysfunction in severe COVID-19 is TNF-\/TNFRI-dependent through immune mechanisms that may contribute to lymphopenia. TNF- blockade may be beneficial in severe COVID-19.<\/p>\n
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Short CV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI am a Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in Dr. John McDyer\u2019s laboratory. I have significant experience in transplant and viral immunology. My work has focused on T cell mechanisms of rejection, tolerance, and host immunity to viruses such as CMV, EBV and HIV, including the measurement of lung mucosal responses. I have focused on CMV-specific T cell immunity in lung transplant recipients in a leading clinical transplant program. I am CO-I on a U01 award (AI125050-Dr. McDyer) to perform a novel clinical trial to perform tandem lung and bone marrow transplantation in select individuals with primary immunodeficiencies and end-stage lung disease, and to perform mechanistic pathogen-specific and alloimmune tolerance studies in these study participants. In U01AI125050 I measure systemic and lung pathogen-specific immune responses. As immunologist my focuses are on mechanisms of CMV-specific lung mucosal\/systemic immunity and viral control, demonstrating an important role for the Type-1 transcription factor T-bet and other immune parameters. I also study immune mechanisms of allograft rejection\/tolerance in lung transplantation with an established divisional research group performing studies in the human studies. I also perform work on Dr. McDyer and Dr. Kirks\u2019 collaborative U01 award (HL121814) to study immune mechanisms of HIV-associated COPD. I am the Co-I on an R01 award HL133184-01 (Dr. McDyer), \u201cRole of F-box Proteins in Lung Transplantation.\u201d In addition, common to these experimental systems above, Dr. McDyer\u2019s laboratory is highly proficient in measuring lung mucosal and systemic viral-specific and allospecific multifunctional T cell immunity and phenotyping in lung transplant recipients. I have a good track record of training medical students and fellows and junior faculty in Dr. McDyer\u2019s lab. the field of lung transplant immunology. Pertinent to this proposal I also have significant experience assessing human alloimmunity, using flow cytometry, in addition to viral immunity, and evaluate the phenotype of T cells, proliferation and effector multifunction. In addition, I am very experienced in ELISA and ELISPOT assays to measure inflammatory responses. Recently, we showed that IPF lung transplant recipients with short telomeres have impaired CMV T cell immunity. Here at Pitt, Dr. Alder, Dr. Snyder, Dr. Chen, Dr. Iasella and Dr. Popescu have a track record of working closely together. Therefore, based on my established and current role in Dr. McDyer\u2019s laboratory and my expertise in transplant immunology in the field of lung transplantation makes me well-suited to fulfill my role as Co-I on this project R01 project, \u201cThe Role of Telomeres in Lung Transplant Recipient Immunity and Outcomes\u201d.<\/p>\n
Positions and Employment<\/strong><\/span>
2020-pres. Research Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2014-2020 Research Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2019-pres. Member – International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
\n2012-2014 Research Associate\/Manager Flow Cytometry Core, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2010-2011 Senior Scientist\/Technical Application Specialist, Cellular Technology Limited, Shaker Heights, OH
\n2006-2010 Faculty Research Instructor, Dept of Surgery Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2006-pres. Member – American Society of Transplantation (AST)
\n2007-pres. Member – American Immunology Association (AIA)
\n2001-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept of Surgery Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2000-2001 Research Scientist, Dept. of Cellular Immunology and Signal Transduction, Center of Immunology, Institute of Virology Bucharest, Romania
\n1997- 2000 Junior Research Scientist, Department Clinical Immunology, Center for Immunology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1998-pres. Member – European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
\n1997 3 months Visiting Research PhD, Doctoral Scientist, Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
\n1994-1997 Research Associate – Dept. of Cellular Immunology and Signal Transduction, Center of Immunology, Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1991-1994 Resident Scientist- Department Clinical Immunology, Center for Immunology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1986-1991 Research Assistant, Department of Interferon Research \/ Immune-modulators, V. Babes Institute, Bucharest, Romania
\n1990-pres. Member – Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
\n1986-pres. Member – Romanian Society of Immunology (SNI)
\nMemberships<\/strong><\/span>
Member – American Society of Transplantation (AST) 2006-present
Member – American Immunology Association (AIA) 2007-present
Member – European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) 1998-present
Member – Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) 1990-present
Member – Romanian Society of Immunology (SNI) 1986-present
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Prof. Univ. Dr. Iulia Popescu<\/span><\/strong>
Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.1″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Infliximab therapies targeting TNF- may be beneficial of CD4+ T cell dysfunction in severe COVID-19<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nAuthor: Iulia Popescu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA<\/p>\n
Rationale: Lymphopenia is common in severe COVID-19 disease, yet the immune mechanisms are poorly understood. As inflammatory cytokines are increased in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, we hypothesized a role in contributing to reduced T-cell numbers. Objectives: We sought to characterize the functional SARS-CoV-2 T-cell responses in severe versus recovered, mild COVID-19 patients to determine whether differences were detectable. Methods: Using flow cytometry and single cell RNA sequence analyses we assessed SARS-CoV-2-specific responses in our cohort. Measurements\/Main Results: Here we show it is associated with worse survival and is CD4+ T-cell predominant. We further demonstrate that Spike-1(S1) induces high levels of in vitro TNF- in CD4+ T-cells from severe COVID-19 patients but demonstrate impaired T-cell proliferation and increased susceptibility to activation-induced cell death (AICD). In 148 patients with severe COVID-19, we found lymphopenia was associated with worse survival. CD4+ lymphopenia predominated, with lower CD4+\/CD8+ ratios in severe COVID-19 compared to patients with mild disease (p<0.0001). In severe disease, immunodominant CD4+ T-cell responses to Spike-1(S1) produced increased in vitro TNF-, but demonstrated impaired S1-specific proliferation and increased susceptibility to activation-induced cell-death (AICD) following antigen exposure. CD4+TNF-+ T-cell responses inversely correlated with absolute CD4+ counts from severe COVID-19 patients (n=76; R=-0.797, P<0.0001). In vitro TNF- blockade including infliximab or anti-TNFRI antibodies strikingly rescued S1-specific CD4+ T-cell proliferation and abrogated S1-specific AICD in PBMC from severe COVID-19 patients (P<0.001). Single-cell RNAseq demonstrated downregulation of Type-1 cytokines and NFB signaling in S1-stimulated CD4+ cells with infliximab treatment. We also evaluated bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and lung explant CD4+ T-cells recovered from severe COVID-19 patients and observed that lung T-cells produced higher TNF- compared to PBMC.
Conclusions: Together, our findings show CD4+ dysfunction in severe COVID-19 is TNF-\/TNFRI-dependent through immune mechanisms that may contribute to lymphopenia. TNF- blockade may be beneficial in severe COVID-19.<\/p>\n
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Short CV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI am a Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in Dr. John McDyer\u2019s laboratory. I have significant experience in transplant and viral immunology. My work has focused on T cell mechanisms of rejection, tolerance, and host immunity to viruses such as CMV, EBV and HIV, including the measurement of lung mucosal responses. I have focused on CMV-specific T cell immunity in lung transplant recipients in a leading clinical transplant program. I am CO-I on a U01 award (AI125050-Dr. McDyer) to perform a novel clinical trial to perform tandem lung and bone marrow transplantation in select individuals with primary immunodeficiencies and end-stage lung disease, and to perform mechanistic pathogen-specific and alloimmune tolerance studies in these study participants. In U01AI125050 I measure systemic and lung pathogen-specific immune responses. As immunologist my focuses are on mechanisms of CMV-specific lung mucosal\/systemic immunity and viral control, demonstrating an important role for the Type-1 transcription factor T-bet and other immune parameters. I also study immune mechanisms of allograft rejection\/tolerance in lung transplantation with an established divisional research group performing studies in the human studies. I also perform work on Dr. McDyer and Dr. Kirks\u2019 collaborative U01 award (HL121814) to study immune mechanisms of HIV-associated COPD. I am the Co-I on an R01 award HL133184-01 (Dr. McDyer), \u201cRole of F-box Proteins in Lung Transplantation.\u201d In addition, common to these experimental systems above, Dr. McDyer\u2019s laboratory is highly proficient in measuring lung mucosal and systemic viral-specific and allospecific multifunctional T cell immunity and phenotyping in lung transplant recipients. I have a good track record of training medical students and fellows and junior faculty in Dr. McDyer\u2019s lab. the field of lung transplant immunology. Pertinent to this proposal I also have significant experience assessing human alloimmunity, using flow cytometry, in addition to viral immunity, and evaluate the phenotype of T cells, proliferation and effector multifunction. In addition, I am very experienced in ELISA and ELISPOT assays to measure inflammatory responses. Recently, we showed that IPF lung transplant recipients with short telomeres have impaired CMV T cell immunity. Here at Pitt, Dr. Alder, Dr. Snyder, Dr. Chen, Dr. Iasella and Dr. Popescu have a track record of working closely together. Therefore, based on my established and current role in Dr. McDyer\u2019s laboratory and my expertise in transplant immunology in the field of lung transplantation makes me well-suited to fulfill my role as Co-I on this project R01 project, \u201cThe Role of Telomeres in Lung Transplant Recipient Immunity and Outcomes\u201d.<\/p>\n
Positions and Employment<\/strong><\/span>
2020-pres. Research Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2014-2020 Research Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2019-pres. Member – International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
\n2012-2014 Research Associate\/Manager Flow Cytometry Core, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2010-2011 Senior Scientist\/Technical Application Specialist, Cellular Technology Limited, Shaker Heights, OH
\n2006-2010 Faculty Research Instructor, Dept of Surgery Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2006-pres. Member – American Society of Transplantation (AST)
\n2007-pres. Member – American Immunology Association (AIA)
\n2001-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept of Surgery Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2000-2001 Research Scientist, Dept. of Cellular Immunology and Signal Transduction, Center of Immunology, Institute of Virology Bucharest, Romania
\n1997- 2000 Junior Research Scientist, Department Clinical Immunology, Center for Immunology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1998-pres. Member – European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
\n1997 3 months Visiting Research PhD, Doctoral Scientist, Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
\n1994-1997 Research Associate – Dept. of Cellular Immunology and Signal Transduction, Center of Immunology, Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1991-1994 Resident Scientist- Department Clinical Immunology, Center for Immunology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1986-1991 Research Assistant, Department of Interferon Research \/ Immune-modulators, V. Babes Institute, Bucharest, Romania
\n1990-pres. Member – Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
\n1986-pres. Member – Romanian Society of Immunology (SNI)
\nMemberships<\/strong><\/span>
Member – American Society of Transplantation (AST) 2006-present
Member – American Immunology Association (AIA) 2007-present
Member – European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) 1998-present
Member – Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) 1990-present
Member – Romanian Society of Immunology (SNI) 1986-present
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Prof. Univ. Dr. Iulia PopescuAllergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAInfliximab therapies targeting TNF- may be beneficial of CD4+ T cell dysfunction in severe COVID-19 Author: Iulia Popescu Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA Rationale: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lectori-internationali"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8094"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11533,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094\/revisions\/11533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.ro\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Author: Iulia Popescu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA<\/p>\n Rationale: Lymphopenia is common in severe COVID-19 disease, yet the immune mechanisms are poorly understood. As inflammatory cytokines are increased in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, we hypothesized a role in contributing to reduced T-cell numbers. Objectives: We sought to characterize the functional SARS-CoV-2 T-cell responses in severe versus recovered, mild COVID-19 patients to determine whether differences were detectable. Methods: Using flow cytometry and single cell RNA sequence analyses we assessed SARS-CoV-2-specific responses in our cohort. Measurements\/Main Results: Here we show it is associated with worse survival and is CD4+ T-cell predominant. We further demonstrate that Spike-1(S1) induces high levels of in vitro TNF- in CD4+ T-cells from severe COVID-19 patients but demonstrate impaired T-cell proliferation and increased susceptibility to activation-induced cell death (AICD). In 148 patients with severe COVID-19, we found lymphopenia was associated with worse survival. CD4+ lymphopenia predominated, with lower CD4+\/CD8+ ratios in severe COVID-19 compared to patients with mild disease (p<0.0001). In severe disease, immunodominant CD4+ T-cell responses to Spike-1(S1) produced increased in vitro TNF-, but demonstrated impaired S1-specific proliferation and increased susceptibility to activation-induced cell-death (AICD) following antigen exposure. CD4+TNF-+ T-cell responses inversely correlated with absolute CD4+ counts from severe COVID-19 patients (n=76; R=-0.797, P<0.0001). In vitro TNF- blockade including infliximab or anti-TNFRI antibodies strikingly rescued S1-specific CD4+ T-cell proliferation and abrogated S1-specific AICD in PBMC from severe COVID-19 patients (P<0.001). Single-cell RNAseq demonstrated downregulation of Type-1 cytokines and NFB signaling in S1-stimulated CD4+ cells with infliximab treatment. We also evaluated bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and lung explant CD4+ T-cells recovered from severe COVID-19 patients and observed that lung T-cells produced higher TNF- compared to PBMC. \n Short CV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I am a Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in Dr. John McDyer\u2019s laboratory. I have significant experience in transplant and viral immunology. My work has focused on T cell mechanisms of rejection, tolerance, and host immunity to viruses such as CMV, EBV and HIV, including the measurement of lung mucosal responses. I have focused on CMV-specific T cell immunity in lung transplant recipients in a leading clinical transplant program. I am CO-I on a U01 award (AI125050-Dr. McDyer) to perform a novel clinical trial to perform tandem lung and bone marrow transplantation in select individuals with primary immunodeficiencies and end-stage lung disease, and to perform mechanistic pathogen-specific and alloimmune tolerance studies in these study participants. In U01AI125050 I measure systemic and lung pathogen-specific immune responses. As immunologist my focuses are on mechanisms of CMV-specific lung mucosal\/systemic immunity and viral control, demonstrating an important role for the Type-1 transcription factor T-bet and other immune parameters. I also study immune mechanisms of allograft rejection\/tolerance in lung transplantation with an established divisional research group performing studies in the human studies. I also perform work on Dr. McDyer and Dr. Kirks\u2019 collaborative U01 award (HL121814) to study immune mechanisms of HIV-associated COPD. I am the Co-I on an R01 award HL133184-01 (Dr. McDyer), \u201cRole of F-box Proteins in Lung Transplantation.\u201d In addition, common to these experimental systems above, Dr. McDyer\u2019s laboratory is highly proficient in measuring lung mucosal and systemic viral-specific and allospecific multifunctional T cell immunity and phenotyping in lung transplant recipients. I have a good track record of training medical students and fellows and junior faculty in Dr. McDyer\u2019s lab. the field of lung transplant immunology. Pertinent to this proposal I also have significant experience assessing human alloimmunity, using flow cytometry, in addition to viral immunity, and evaluate the phenotype of T cells, proliferation and effector multifunction. In addition, I am very experienced in ELISA and ELISPOT assays to measure inflammatory responses. Recently, we showed that IPF lung transplant recipients with short telomeres have impaired CMV T cell immunity. Here at Pitt, Dr. Alder, Dr. Snyder, Dr. Chen, Dr. Iasella and Dr. Popescu have a track record of working closely together. 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Conclusions: Together, our findings show CD4+ dysfunction in severe COVID-19 is TNF-\/TNFRI-dependent through immune mechanisms that may contribute to lymphopenia. TNF- blockade may be beneficial in severe COVID-19.<\/p>\n
2020-pres. Research Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2014-2020 Research Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2019-pres. Member – International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
\n2012-2014 Research Associate\/Manager Flow Cytometry Core, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2010-2011 Senior Scientist\/Technical Application Specialist, Cellular Technology Limited, Shaker Heights, OH
\n2006-2010 Faculty Research Instructor, Dept of Surgery Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2006-pres. Member – American Society of Transplantation (AST)
\n2007-pres. Member – American Immunology Association (AIA)
\n2001-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept of Surgery Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
\n2000-2001 Research Scientist, Dept. of Cellular Immunology and Signal Transduction, Center of Immunology, Institute of Virology Bucharest, Romania
\n1997- 2000 Junior Research Scientist, Department Clinical Immunology, Center for Immunology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1998-pres. Member – European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
\n1997 3 months Visiting Research PhD, Doctoral Scientist, Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
\n1994-1997 Research Associate – Dept. of Cellular Immunology and Signal Transduction, Center of Immunology, Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1991-1994 Resident Scientist- Department Clinical Immunology, Center for Immunology, Bucharest, Romania
\n1986-1991 Research Assistant, Department of Interferon Research \/ Immune-modulators, V. Babes Institute, Bucharest, Romania
\n1990-pres. Member – Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
\n1986-pres. Member – Romanian Society of Immunology (SNI)
\nMemberships<\/strong><\/span>
Member – American Society of Transplantation (AST) 2006-present
Member – American Immunology Association (AIA) 2007-present
Member – European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) 1998-present
Member – Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) 1990-present
Member – Romanian Society of Immunology (SNI) 1986-present
Member \u2013 International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2019-present<\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n
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