Jessy Deshane, PhD
Associate Professor
Principal Investigator
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
GBS Theme Affiliations: Cancer Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Structural, and Stem Cell Biology
Research Interests: Immune Regulation, Asthma, and Lung Cancer
treena@uab.edu
Current Lab Members
Yong Wang, PhD
Research Associate
Research Interest: B Cell Differentiation in Lung Cancer
Kenneth Hough, B.S.
Graduate Student - Immunology Theme
Research Interest: Role of Exosomes in Immune Regulation in Asthma
Sultan Tausif, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Research Interest: B Well M om Study
Njeri Maina, M.D., Ph.D
Allergy Fellow
Research Interest: TCR Profiling of Exosome Responding T Cells in Asthmatics 
John G. Strenkowski
Undergraduate Student - Biomedical Sciences Program
Research Interest: Exosome Phenotyping by Imagestream 
Joshua Jackson, PhD
Medical Student - Year 2, Koopman Scholar
Research Interest: Regulatory B Cells in Lung Cancer
Jinger Yang, B.S.
Research Assistant - Temporary
Former Lab Members
Cara Schafer, PhD
Graduate Student - Cancer Biology Theme
Research Interests: Targeting Tryptophan Metabolism to Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity
Graduated May 2016
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR)
The Department of Surgery at the Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, "America's Medical School," the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Nirmal Sharma, MD
Pulmonary Fellow
Research Interests: Lung Microbiome and Transplantation
Current Position:USF Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Tampa, FL
Jose Rodriguez Dager, B.S.
Undergraduate Student - Biology Major
Research Interest: Asthma and Pregnancy
Colleen Adkins, M.D.
Allergy Fellow
Research Interest: Tryptophan Metabolism in Asthma
Current Position: Austin Regional Clinic for Allergy and Asthma
Tong Huan Jin, M.D.
Research Assistant
Research Interest: Lung Immunology and Cell Biology Assays