The research focus on my lab is two fold. First, we work to address an unmet need in the field of amyloidosis to develop methods that inspire myeloid cells to recognize, phagocytize, and then subsequently clear amyloid deposits safely within the body. Second, we work to understand the interaction between the human brain cancer, glioblastoma and an oncolytic herpes simplex virus. We engineer oncolytic herpes simplex viruses to combat glioblastoma with the impetus on arming oHSV with immunotherapeutic payloads designed to induce anti-tumor immunity.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Joe Glorioso's lab. We worked to develop oncolytic herpes simplex viral (oHSV) vectors to combat glioblastoma. Our main goal was to engineer oHSV vectors to locally express immunomodulatory payloads within the tumor environment to enhance anti-tumor immunity and pre-clinical survival outcomes.

Graduate Research Fellow (1 year), Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant (3 years). As a PhD student I worked to understand the host pathogen interaction of human cytomegalovirus. During this time I developed a number of immunological, molecular, and experimental skill sets.