Barrier Immunity Section
Established in 2008
Jason Brenchley, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Viral Diseases
Senior Investigator, Barrier Immunity Section
Specialty(s): Pathology, Medical Microbiology
Major Areas of Research
- Immunopathogenesis in nonhuman primate models of HIV
- Microbial translocation and immune activation
- Mucosal immunology and mechanisms of microbial translocation
Biography
Education
M.S., 1999, Idaho State University
Ph.D., 2003, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dr. Brenchley received a master’s degree from Idaho State University in 1999 and received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 2003. He joined NIH as a research fellow, studying immunopathogenesis and mucosal immunology in HIV-infected individuals. Since 2008, he has become an investigator in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and has been a senior investigator since 2013.