Alison J. Quayle, PhD
Professor
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology
Professor
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology
1901 Perdido Street, Box P6-1
New Orleans, LA 70112
aquayl@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees
PhD Reproductive Immunology – 1989
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
MSc Immunology – 1985
University of Birmingham, England
BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences – 1984
University of Bradford, England
Bio
Research Interests
The central theme of our research is immune defense in the human female genital tract, and the mucosal immune response to HIV and the unique obligate intracellular bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. Specific interests include: (1) Elucidation of the Chlamydia trachomatis-specific adaptive response in the human endocervix, and (2) Determination of the immunoevasive strategies used by C. trachomatis to adapt to, and survive in, the human genital milieu; (3) How C. trachomatis influences HIV transmission; (4) How female steroid hormones, particularly long-acting progestins, influence the female genital milieu and early pathogen transmission events.