Dr. Jennifer Snyder Cappione

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dr. Jennifer Snyder-Cappione is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine in the Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester Medical Center and a B.S. from Brandeis University. Her doctoral research focused on the regulation of IFN-gamma cytotoxic effector functions in CD8+ T cells. During her post-doctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco, she investigated the role of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells in HIV, Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, and sarcoidosis. Dr. Snyder-Cappione's current research interests include determining the diagnostic and prognostic potential of ex vivo immune functional profiling in human inflammatory diseases, analyzing the differentiation potential and lineage relationships of iNKT cell subsets, and elucidating the roles of T cells and iNKT cells in the progression of infectious diseases and cancer. She is also the Director of the Flow Cytometry Core Facility and serves as a primary mentor for graduate students in Boston University's Graduate Medical Sciences.

Research Interests

Requirements for Boston University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.88
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
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  • LSAT or GRE scores
  • Transcripts through LSAC
Specialization Notes

Department of Law offers JD, LLM, and Master's in Study of Tax Law.