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Immunity & Disease Prevention
Research Unit
Charles B Stephensen, Ph.D.
Research Leader
Mission: The Unit’s mission is to determine how selected nutrients and other dietary factors with immune-regulatory and anti-oxidant properties modulate immune function and prevent or impede pathogenic inflammation. Scientists in the Unit currently focus on vitamins A and D, carotenoids, fatty acids, selenium and other specific phytonutrients (e.g., quercetin and resveratrol). Research focuses on the anti-inflammatory activities of such compounds because inflammation is a key promoter of many chronic diseases.
Research Scientists & Their Research Interests:
· Charles Stephensen, Ph.D. – Research Leader Roles of vitamins A and D in immune function
· Betty Jane Burri, Ph.D. Physiological roles of beta-cryptoxanthin, lycopoene, and beta carotene
· Wayne Chris Hawkes, Ph.D. Roles of selenium and selenoproteins in cancer prevention
· Dan Hwang, Ph.D. Dietary modulation of inflammation and chronic diseases mediated by pattern recognition receptors of the innate immune system
· Darshan Kelley, Ph.D. Regulation of immune and inflammatory responses by dietary fatty acids
· Susan Zunino, Ph.D. How dietary antioxidants phyto-chemicals regulate growth and function of normal and abnormal immune cells and regulate inflammation
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Last Modified: 03/26/2009
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