Mohammad Heidarian successfully defended his M.S. thesis this past March and completed the Pathology M.S. program. Mohammad’s thesis is entitled Sublethal Whole-body Irradiation Induces Permanent Loss and Dysfunction in Pathogen-specific Circulating Memory CD8 T Cell Populations. He performed his thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Vladimir Badovinac where he examined the effects of irradiation on the memory CD8 T cell compartment.

Dr. John Harty was awarded a two-year R21 research grant entitled “Regulating Pathogen-induced Protective and Pathogenic CD8 T cells in the CNS” from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.