Stephen De Rosa, MD

Assistant Professor
Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington

Associate in Clinical Research
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Dr. De Rosa's research focuses on the examination of T cell functions at the single cell level using advanced flow cytometric techniques.  This includes examination of T cell responses specific to viral infections including CMV, EBV, HIV and Hepatitis B.  This also includes examination of T cell responses to vaccination and he works with the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) on the development of new assays to evaluate vaccine efficacy.

• Characterization of T cells associated with HIV non-progression
• Cytolytic potential as determined by simultaneous analysis of perforin and granzymes A and B