Research Program and Theme
- Program: Cancer Engineering and Biological Systems
- Theme: Mechanistic and Quantitative Biology
Research Focus
Keith Jarosinski’s research spans multiple aspects of herpesvirus-induced cancers, including host-to-host transmission, latency, transformation, and reactivation, using Marek’s disease virus (MDV) in chickens as a natural translational animal model. Most herpesviruses do not cause cancer in humans and animals. Still, they occasionally can, including Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma caused by Epstein-Barr and Kaposi sarcoma-associated viruses in humans. MDV uses similar mechanisms to induce lymphocytic cancers in chickens. His lab aims to understand how herpesviruses influence the transformation of lymphocytes that leads to cancer, and to develop drugs or treatments to prevent cancer caused by these viruses. Learn more about Keith Jarosinski’s lab.
Other Campus Affiliations
- Director of Graduate Studies, Pathobiology