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Gopinath Lab

Our mucosal surfaces are occupied by a robust and diverse ecosystem termed the commensal microbiome. When mucosal pathogens infect us, they first encounter our commensals before they encounter and activate our immune response. 

Location

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 
655 Huntington Avenue,  
Building FXB, Room 303 
Boston, MA 02115 

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Our Team

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Smita Gopinath

Smita Gopinath is Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She received a bachelor’s of science in biology from Mount Holyoke College and a PhD degree from Stanford university.   She did her postdoctoral work on Viral Host-Pathogenesis at Yale University and joined IID faculty in 2020.  

Gopinath and Garrett Labs

Researchers