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Ria Goswami, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Virology
Weill Cornell Medical College

I am a viral immunologist and an Assistant Professor of Virology in the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. I did my PhD in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry in the laboratory of Dr. Edward Gershburg, studying the interaction of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) with host immunity. My postdoctoral work at Duke University in the laboratory of Dr. Sallie Permar focused on understanding the interactions of HIV with the developing immunity of infants. During my postdoc, I developed a pediatric rhesus macaque model that mimics HIV transmission through breast milk. At Weill Cornell Medicine, I have established a robust research program focused on characterizing the dynamic interplay between the developing commensal microbiome, immune ontogeny, and viral pathogens in early life. My current projects include (i) harnessing the infant microbiome to prevent and cure HIV infections, (ii) utilizing the unique infant ontogeny to develop therapeutic HIV vaccines, and (iii) understanding the contribution of breast milk microbiome and microbial metabolites on the growth outcomes of preterm infants of CMV-seropositive nursing women. My lab has significant expertise in studying host-viral interactions in children using ex vivo models, pre-clinical infant monkey models, and maternal-infant clinical specimens.

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