Name:

Raquel M. Raices

Education:

B.A. Philosophy/Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University

Mentor:

Mark D. Wewers, M.D.

Research Interests:

Interleukin-18 biology (signaling events leading to release and regulation of biological activity) in the context of bacterial stimulation and subsequent inflammasome activation in primary human monocytes and primary lung epithelial cells. 

Awards and Honors:

T. & B. F. Kotzin Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University: 1997 – 2001
NIAID Minority Supplement: 2002 – 2004
NRSA Individual Fellowship: 2004 – present
2004 Keystone Symposia HIV Pathogenesis Meeting Travel Award
2004 International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology Travel Award
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, The Ohio State University: 2003 – 2004

Publications:

Jewell NA, Chen R, Raices R, Mansky LM. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and HIV mutagenesis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Oct; 52(4): 547-50.