Timothy O’Sullivan receives Excellence in Research Award

Timothy O’Sullivan – Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics

Dr. O’Sullivan was awarded for his paper, “ILC1 Confer Early Host Protection at Initial Sites of Viral Infection” Cell 2017. In this impressive paper, Dr. O’Sullivan and colleagues show that a unique subset of immune cells within tissues represents the first line of defense to viral infections. Without this rapid tissue-resident immune cell response, the immune system cannot efficiently control viral replication resulting in more severe infections.