Ozioma Chioma, PhD

Ozioma Chioma, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her doctorate in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Calif. Her research background investigates the role gonadotropic hormones play in pulmonary fibrosis particularly in interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) such as sarcoidosis. For this training program, she will be assessing adaptive immune mechanisms relevant to lung microbiota in people with HIV.