Ana Gervassi completed her MSc and PhD at the University of Washington and her Post-doctoral studies at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute. She is a Staff Scientist at the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Seattle, WA. Her research interests are focused on immune regulation of both vaccine responses as well as during chronic viral infections. She has a broad experience in antigen discovery, T cell immunology, and development of assays to measure T cell responses (e.g. multi-parameter flow cytometry and functional immunoassays). Additionally, she has developed assays to measure specific T cell responses to vaccine antigens, in vitro prime CD8+ T cells for antigen discovery. Currently, she is most interested in understanding the immune regulatory mechanisms that lead to poor immune responses and T cell exhaustion. Ana Gervassi completed her MSc and PhD at the University of Washington and her Post-doctoral studies at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute. She is a Staff Scientist at the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Seattle, WA. Her research interests are focused on immune regulation of both vaccine responses as well as during chronic viral infections. She has a broad experience in antigen discovery, T cell immunology, and development of assays to measure T cell responses (e.g. multi-parameter flow cytometry and functional immunoassays). Additionally, she has developed assays to measure specific T cell responses to vaccine antigens, in vitro prime CD8+ T cells for antigen discovery. Currently, she is most interested in understanding the immune regulatory mechanisms that lead to poor immune responses and T cell exhaustion.

Vaccines & Vaccination