Wesley Tung

I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I worked in the lab of Dr. Wenyan Mei studying the role of the RNA-binding protein, hnRNPI, in intestinal homeostasis. During my time as an undergraduate, I also completed two internships, one at the Mayo Clinic and the other at the NIDDK. At the Mayo Clinic, I worked under Dr. Richard Vile and worked to develop mouse models to study diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare and lethal form of pediatric brain cancer. At the NIDDK, I worked under Dr. Jurgen Wess, studying the role of beta-adrenergic receptors in adipose tissue. After graduating, I spent two years as a post-bac researcher in the lab of Dr. Helen Su (NIAID) , where I studied the genetic contributions of RIG-I receptors in anti-viral defense, specifically influenza and SARS-CoV-2.

As an MD/PhD student at Yale University partnered with the NIH OxCam program, I partnered with Dr. Akiko Iwasaki at Yale University in addition to Dr. Jelena Bezbradica (Oxford) and Dr. Helen Su to complete my thesis work. I am currently working on numerous projects, ranging from examining the differences in immune response in pregnant mothers to SARS-CoV-2 infection, to studying inborn errors of innate and adaptive immunity.