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Mike Freeman, PhD

Program: Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Graduated: 9/2007
Mentor: Dr. Robert Hendricks
Thesis:
Stress compromises HSV-1-specific immunity in latently infected sensory ganglia

Previous Institutions Attended:
Clemson University - BS, Microbiology

I'm a postdoctoral fellow in the Woodland/Blackman laboratory at the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake, NY.

Publications while a graduate student at Pitt:

Freeman, ML, BS Sheridan, RH Bonneau, and RL Hendricks. 2007. Psychological stress compromises CD8+ T cell control of latent herpes simplex virus type 1 infections. J. Immunol. 179:322-328.

Decman, V, ML Freeman, PR Kinchington, and RL Hendricks. 2005. Immune control of HSV-1 latency. Viral Immunol. 18:466-473.

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