Vibha Jha, PhD

Research Instructor, Medicine-Allergy/Clinical Immunology


FacultyPhoto
Graduate School
  • PhD, Temple University Graduate School (2009)
Languages
English, Hindi
Department
Medicine-Allergy/Clinical Immunology

Professional Titles

  • Research Associate

Publications

  • Jha V, Nicholson LK, Gardner EM, Rahkola JT, Pratap H, Scott J, Borgeson M, Jacobelli J, Janoff EN. Impact of HIV-1 Infection and Antigen Class on T Follicular Helper Cell Responses to Pneumococcal Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccine-13. J Immunol. 2021 May 15;206(10):2402-2411. PubMed PMID: 33931485
  • Jha V, Janoff EN. Complementary Role of CD4 T Cells in Response to Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccines in Humans. Vaccines (Basel). 2019 Feb 11;7(1). PubMed PMID: 30754689
  • Zaprazna K, Basu A, Tom N, Jha V, Hodawadekar S, Radova L, Malcikova J, Tichy B, Pospisilova S, Atchison ML. Transcription factor YY1 can control AID-mediated mutagenesis in mice. Eur J Immunol. 2018 Feb;48(2):273-282. PubMed PMID: 29080214
  • Mehra P, Gerasimova T, Basu A, Jha V, Banerjee A, Sindhava V, Gray F, Berry CT, Sen R, Atchison ML. YY1 controls Eµ-3'RR DNA loop formation and immunoglobulin heavy chain class switch recombination. Blood Adv. 2016 Nov 29;1(1):15-20. PubMed PMID: 29167838
  • Flies DB, Higuchi T, Harris JC, Jha V, Gimotty PA, Adams SF. Immune checkpoint blockade reveals the stimulatory capacity of tumor-associated CD103( ) dendritic cells in late-stage ovarian cancer. Oncoimmunology. 2016 Aug;5(8):e1185583. PubMed PMID: 27622059
  • Jha V, Workman CJ, McGaha TL, Li L, Vas J, Vignali DA, Monestier M. Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3 (LAG-3) negatively regulates environmentally-induced autoimmunity. PLoS One. 2014;9(8):e104484. PubMed PMID: 25122007

Volunteer Activities
I was president of Association of International Researchers (AIR) from 2019 to 2020. Before that I have volunteered actively in events organized by AIR. I have also volunteered for "Young Hands in Science" an initiative to bring lab research to kids from K to 12.

Public Speaking
Yes
About my research to non-scientific community outside campus. Also completed online communication class offered by the University.