The backgrounds and research interests of our Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows are as follows:

Jennifer Bomberger

Kevin Cummings

Mirela Dias

Mimi Ghosh Research Associate at Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Physiology since 2005.

PhD, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology  
University of Pittsburgh, 2005.

Research Interests: HIV in women: focus on endogenous microbicides of the female reproductive tract and their regulation by sex hormones.

Recent Publications:

J V Fahey, J A Wright, L Shen, J M Smith, M Ghosh, R M Rossoll, C R Wira. Estradiol selectively regulates innate immune function by polarized human uterine epithelial cells in culture.Mucosal Immunology, Jul 2008;  1, 317 – 325.

Daniel O. Ochiel, John V. Fahey, Mimi Ghosh, Severina N. Haddad and Charles R. Wira. Innate Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract: Role of Sex Hormones in Regulating Uterine Epithelial Cell Protection Against Pathogens. Current Women’s Health Review, 2008 May; Vol 4, Number 2: 102-117.

Ghosh M, Schaefer TM, Wright JA, Wira, CR. Antiviral Responses of Human Fallopian Tube Epithelial Cells to TLR3 Agonist Poly(I:C). Fertility and Sterility, 2008 May; 89(5 Suppl):1497-506.

Danica Hickey

Sophie Marquis

Carlos Penatti

Eliana Penatti

Michelle Sama

Lucy Xia

Siying Ye