Nutritional Immunity

Verena Link, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
  • School of Medicine
Research Interests: The Link Laboratory studies how nutrition, the microbiome, and genetic diversity shape the immune system in both health and chronic inflammatory disease. Using a combination of mouse models and human patient samples, we investigate how these factors influence immune function at multiple levels starting from the overall immune responses all the way to exploring the underlying transcriptional and epigenetic programs. To achieve this, we integrate advanced bulk and single-cell multi-omics approaches with cutting-edge computational analyses.

Arta Monjazeb, MD, PhD

  • Professor
  • Department of Radiation Oncology
  • School of Medicine
Research Interests: I run clinical trials and an R01 funded basic science lab investigating cancer immunology. I have three overlapping areas of research focus: 1) Mechanisms of resistance to cancer immunotherapy and how to overcome them. 2) Immune modulatory effects of radiotherapy. 3) Influence of obesity and aging on the immune system and how this influences cancer development, progression, and treatment response.
Research 2, UC Davis Health