Dr. Irina St.Louis
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota Medical school
USA
Biography
Dr. St. Louis joined the Department of Microbiology, at University of Minnesota, as a postdoctoral trainee, followed by fellowships at the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute and Lymphoma Research Foundation.
Research Interest
Dr. St. Louis is engaged in a number of clinical studies, within the Global Health & International Medicine Program. These studies involve the stratification of AIDS patients, for optimal therapies, and examining the immunopathogenesis of immune restoration disorders, with an emphasis on defining the activation, maturation, and regulation of the immune cell subsets involved. The studies also include searches for biomarkers of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).