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Dr. Jia Zhu is a Research Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington and an Associate Professor in the Vaccine Infectious Disease Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. His research focuses on the tissue-based immune responses associated with herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in humans. Dr. Zhu has spent his career understanding the intricate interactions that HSV has with local immune responses in human skin, developing novel laboratory tools to detect immune cells' behavior in genital tissues during both active and latent phases of herpes infection. His pivotal studies have provided plausible explanations for how local inflammation and chronic HSV reactivation can increase the risk of HIV acquisition. Furthermore, his lab employs high-dimensional multiplexed immunofluorescence staining along with transcriptional analysis to explore the spatial-temporal relationships of T cells within the surrounding networks of immune and non-immune cells in tissue.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Vaccine Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • Seattle, WA
Vaccine Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • Seattle, WA
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
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