Celestine Wanjalla
@CWanjallaMDPhD
Physician Scientist mom and wife with an interest in Global Health Research, NCDs and HIV, Adipose tissue immunology, CMV and CVD. Opinions are my own.
We are excited to share our manuscript published in @FrontImmunol with rising stars, Sam Bailin, @DrMonaMash , and Gabriel Curtis ... John Koethe @JKropski @VUBasicSciences @VUMC_IDFellows @patrickhu @VUMC_ID @VUMCResearch doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.…
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Call for Submissions! @CircRes welcomes the submission of Research Letters to accompany a Compendium on "Interorgan Crosstalk in Heart Failure and Cardiometabolic Diseases". Details here: bit.ly/3AY9W8Y Initial submissions are due no later than January 24, 2025
Congratulations to our MSTP students on their recent publications! Special congratulations to Xavier Bledsoe (G5), @SoonToBeMDPhD (G4), Dr. Simone Herzberg (M4), Dr. Maggie McBride (M4) and @yash_pershad (G2) on their first-author publications!
Excited that our publication is in print and got the cover. Thank you to all co-authors. Special thanks to @Laventaobare @phdgprotein86 @AtHinton @NeikirkKit @JCellularPhys dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.31…
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Dave @DHWasserman1 wasn’t just a mentor—he was a rare soul with a heart as big as his passion for science. He made me believe I belonged in spaces that often felt foreign. His kindness was boundless, treating everyone—whether professors or staff—with the same warmth. We spent…
Science has lost a giant of physiology and metabolism. Vandy has lost a true leader. I have lost a mentor, colleague, and dear friend. Those of us lucky to have known him will remember his dedication and his (odd) humor. Rest now @DHWasserman1 We will miss you.
Fantastic paper led by @fmatovu2 “Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women” is now published in New England Journal of Medicine! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
A 60-year-old man in Germany has become at least the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem-cell transplant go.nature.com/4diIUGQ
So proud of our CDEIPI Virology program trainees. They did an 💯 fantastic job!
4/n Fortunate to have the talented students- Jeffrey Reyes-Villa, Kamish Marrero, Isaiah Singh, Sheneka Williams, Ariana Duncan, Kenneth Demmons, Eseoghene Ogaga, Jeanette Alkhateeb, Shiraz Ibrahim, Jamie Francisco, Corbyn Tabod, Taha Saifullah, Harjinder Pawar. and Sandy Girgis.
Congrats @HSerezani ! New study to explore infection response in diabetes news.vumc.org/2024/07/25/new…
Mori & colleagues found in #atherosclerosis that #CD163+ #macrophages provoke #EndMT, which may promote plaque progression through fibrous cap thinning. Learn more at ahajrnls.org/3xUY7Pc @AlokeFinn
Happening now! Grant-writing workshop in #Uganda funded by @vuglobalhealth! First off Dr. Roy Zent!
Our paper “Mitochondrial Structure and Function in Human Heart Failure” published in @CircRes is now in pubmed @PubTrend pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38963864/ Congratulations & huge THANKS @phdgprotein86 @CWanjallaMDPhD @clintoria
Our paper on junior faculty mentoring published in @JCellularPhys is now in pubmed @PubTrend pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38962842/ Thanks 🙏🏿 @phdgprotein86 @clintoria @CWanjallaMDPhD
Congratulations to @brettheimlich who received the @VUMC_heart Rhodes Scholarship Award for his research this morning! Very proud of all he has accomplished in the lab the past three years @VUMC_Medicine @VUMC_MedPSTP @VUMCgenetics