Poonia Bhawna

Poonia Bhawna

Poonia Bhawna
Assistant Professor, Division of Basic Science and Vaccine Research
University of Maryland, USA

Biography

Dr. Poonia is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Basic Science and Vaccine Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore. She completed her MS in Bioinformatics at Johns Hopkins University. Currently Dr. Poonia research explores effective vaccine development strategies against HIV and cancers using immunology, molecular biology and bioinformatics methods.

Research Interest

To identify and improve vaccine-induced immune responses in HIV infection based on mechanisms of viral immunopathology. Another focus is on immune activation caused by Fc?R signaling and it’s consequence on the balance between HIV replication and anti-HIV effector function.