Gema Mendez-lagares PhD

Gema Méndez-Lagares is a Project Scientist working under the supervision of Dr. Hartigan-O’Connor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at UC Davis. Her research focuses on understanding the immunobiology of recombinant CMV vectors in the non-human primate model to generate vaccine vectors with the capacity to protect against progressive HIV/SIV.

Gema received her PhD in 2012 from the University of Seville (Spain), working on immune dysregulation in HIV-infected patients focusing on the role of microbial translocation and dysfunction of regulatory T cells in the restored CD4 T cell population. In 2013, she arrived at UC Davis to begin a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Hartigan-O’Connor.