Join the Children's Research Institute for a seminar with Yazan Alwarawrah, PhD, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. Alwarawrah is interested in targeting metabolism for the treatment of disease. Currently, he is studying T cell metabolism in the context of obesity-associated protective immunity dysfunction where he uses the diet induced obesity mouse model to study the effect of obesity on T cell metabolism and function in different tissues using metabolic and flow cytometric approaches. He is specifically interested in the role of T cell metabolic dysfunction in the impairment of protective immunity against influenza. He also works on studying Immunity Related GTPase I (Irgm1) regulation of T cell metabolism and function and its role in protective immunity and autoimmunity, and he works on the metabolic engineering of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells to enhance their persistence in the tumor microenvironment. He has a diverse scientific background ranging from molecular biology and bioinformatics to pharmacology and immunology. He seeks challenging questions in cellular metabolism and immunology that can lead to finding treatments for obesity associated pathologies, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.
Participate in the seminar at 3116 Mary Ellen Jones Building (with lunch provided). A zoom option is available by request.
This is the first session in the Systematic Review Summer Workshop Series offered by the UNC Health Sciences Library. The Introduction to Systematic Review Methods workshop provides an overview of the systematic review and scoping review process, with a focus on research methodology. Participants will gain skills and practice to complete a high-quality review; content includes creating a literature search plan, generating inclusion criteria, screening literature, and developing elements of the review protocol. The workshop is recommended for those who are planning or considering conducting a systematic review or scoping review.
This workshop is being offered remotely via Zoom only. Registrants will receive a Zoom link; those on the waitlist will not receive a Zoom link unless they are bumped up to a registered spot.
This NIH Collaboratory Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds features:
Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Berman Institute of Bioethics & Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins University
Nancy Kass, ScD
Phoebe Berman Professor of Bioethics & Public Health
Berman Institute of Bioethics & Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins University
Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Berman Institute of Bioethics & Department of Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins University