Pre-WHIP webinars
In the months leading up to WHIP in 2025, we will have three webinars. Please register separately for each one.
Pedro Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, PhD
George Washington University
Dr. Gazzinelli-Guimaraes earned his Ph.D. from the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil under the supervision of Prof. Ricardo Fujiwara. Following his doctoral studies, he underwent consulting training at the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) at Imperial College London. There, he took on the role of supervisor for the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) project in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, a project managed by the University of Georgia, USA. In 2016, he joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases (LPD) within NIAID, working under Dr. Thomas Nutman. During his time at NIH, he advanced to the positions of Research Fellow and Staff Scientist. In 2024, he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and also took on the role of head of the Translational Type 2 Immunity Lab.
Dr. Gazzinelli-Guimaraes will be presenting on January 28, 2025 at 12 pm EST (9 am PST). Please register HERE.
Nana Minkah, PhD
Seattle Children's
Dr. Nana Minkah will be presenting on February 19, 2025 at 12 pm EST / 9am PST. Please register HERE.
Tiffany Reese, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern
In my laboratory we investigate the pathways exploited by viruses and parasites to reveal fundamental aspects of cell biology and immunology. My lab is pioneering the use of mouse models of multiple infections to understand the complex interactions that occur during co-infection. We discovered that infections with parasites reactivate latent herpesvirus infections through manipulations of the immune system that depend on the timing of co-infection (Science, 2014; J Virol, 2021; PLOS Path, 2023). In addition, our sequential infection report is one of the first to demonstrate that bystander infections in mice directly affect the basal immune status of the mouse and the mouse immune response to vaccination (Cell Host Microbe, 2016).
Dr. Reese will be presenting on March 20, 2025 at 12 pm EDT / 9 am PDT. Please register HERE.
