Students

Julia Bohannon

Major: Immunology
Joined program in Fall of 2006
Mentor: Tracy Toliver-Kinsky
Awards/Grants: Toxicology Scholars Award
SCEHM Scholarship 2007-2008

Publications/Experience:
1. 4 years lab experience
2. Poster Abstract presented at Shock Society Annual Meeting June 2007: J. Bohannon and T. Toliver-Kinsky. Endogenous FLT-3 ligand levels are not altered in mice after a severe burn and infection. Shock 2007: 48 Suppl 1 June 2007.
3. Manuscript submitted to Journal of Immunology July 2007: J. Bohannon, W. Cui, R. Cox, R. Przkora, E. Sherrwood, T. Toliver-Kinsky. Prophylactic treatment with fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand after burn injury enhances global immune responses to infection.

Research Description:
My current research efforts are focused on the role played by regulatory T cells in the compensatory anti-inflammatory response that occurs following initial systemic inflammation after severe burn injury, leading to an increased susceptibility of burn patients to infection. This includes investigating the use of a hematopoietic cytokine, fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand (Flt3L), as a prophylactic treatment after burn injury, and the identifying the mechanism(s) by which it enhances resistance to a burn wound infection, possibly through modification of innate immune responses to overcome Treg-mediated immune suppression.

Hometown: Lousiville, KY
Education:  BS Biology
Hobbies: Knitting, reading
Contact: jkbohann@utmb.edu
770-6618

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