Shelby O'Connor
Credentials: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department
Position title: Infectious diseases and public health
Email: slfeinberg@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 890-0843
Address:
Room 132
585 Science Dr
Madison, WI 53711

LAB WEBSITE:
FOCUS GROUPS:
Immunology, Virology, Molecular & Genome Biology of Microbes
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
My lab has two distinct areas of research. We study SIV infection of nonhuman primates and we use air sampling techniques to identify pathogens present in congregate spaces. Our studies of SIV infection in nonhuman primates have two main foci. First, we want to understand the mechanism by which CD8+ T cells can control SIV replication in nonhuman primates after stopping antiretroviral therapy. Second, we have a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh where we try to understand how SIV affects the host immune response to M. tuberculosis in nonhuman primates. In our other projects, we use air sampling to collect pathogen genetic material from different congregate spaces. We are identifying ways to improve the detection of those pathogens to inform public health and prevent pathogen outbreaks in different
settings.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
Cellular and Molecular Pathology (CMP), Microbiology (MDTP)