Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine
·
2025 - Present
Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology,
Medicine
Recent Scholarly Works
Revisiting the CD40-CD40L axis: from mechanistic insight to therapeutic renewal in autoimmune disease.
Journal article Curr Opin Rheumatol · May 1, 2026 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: CD40 ligand (CD40L, CD154) is a costimulatory molecule required for adaptive immune responses. It arms CD4 + T cells to provide critical "help" to B cells, dendritic cells, and other antigen-presenting cells through interactions with CD4 ... Full text Link to item CiteUse of Nintedanib for the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease at Expert Scleroderma Centers in the United States.
Journal article Ann Am Thorac Soc · August 2025 Full text Link to item CiteWhat's atypical about human B cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation?
Journal article J Leukoc Biol · May 7, 2025 Atypical B cells or age-associated B cells represent an alternative lineage of memory B cells. Emerging evidence suggests that context influences the apparent functional heterogeneity of age-associated B cells. While data support a protective role for age- ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
B Cell-Fibroblast Crosstalk Promotes Chronic GVHD of the Lung
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2026View All Grants
Education
University of Connecticut, School of Medicine ·
2017
M.D.
University of Connecticut ·
2017
Ph.D.