Ayana Ruffin, PhD
Why did you choose the University of Pittsburgh?
Great research opportunities, faculty and facilities!
Doctoral Dissertation
Evaluating B cell phenotype and function in the tumor microenvironment of head and neck cancer
Education & Training
- PhD in Microbiology & Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2022
- BS, Towson University, 2017
Research Interests
Cancer immunology; viral immunology
Publications
Chmura JC, Herold K, Ruffin A, Atuobi T, Fabiyi Y, Mitchell AE, Choi YB and Ehrlich ES. 2017. The Itch ubiquitin ligase is required for KSHV RTA induced vFLIP degradation. Virology. 501: 119-126.