Ana Rodriguez is a parasitologist and Professor in the Department of Microbiology at

New York University School of Medicine NYU Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the university, with the other being the Long Island Schoo ...

. Her research focuses on ''

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'' and ''

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'' and she is known for her work on ''Plasmodium'' liver infection, ''Plasmodium'' immunity, and ''T. cruzi'' drug development.

Education and career

Ana Rodriguez received her

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in immunology from

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in 1993. She then went on to do

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s with

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at Yale University School of Medicine from 1993 to 1997, and Sebastian Amigorena at the

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from 1997 to 1999. In 1999, Rodriguez was hired as an instructor at the New York University School of Medicine. She was promoted to assistant professor in 2000 and

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in 2010. She is currently the director of the Parasitology Division of the Department of Microbiology, as well as the director of the University's Insectary Core Facility.

Awards

*2006: Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Award,

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Notable work

*Ocana-Morgner C, Mota MM, Rodriguez A (2003). Malaria blood stage suppression of liver stage immunity by dendritic cells. ''Journal of Experimental Medicine''. 197(2):143-151. *Mota MM... Rodriguez A (2002). Migration through host cells activates ''Plasmodium'' sporozoites for infection. ''Nature Medicine''. 8(11):1318-1322. *Mota MM... Rodriguez A (2001). Migration of ''Plasmodium'' sporozoites through cells before infection. ''Science''. 291(5501):141-144.

References

New York University Grossman School of Medicine faculty Women parasitologists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Women immunologists Autonomous University of Madrid alumni {{med-bio-stub