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Heather Ren

Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow · UPMC Medical Education

Credentials: · ·

History

Pediatric Rheumatology
UPMC Medical Education
2025–Present
Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow
UPMC Medical Education
Present
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
2018–2022
Pediatrics
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2019–2022

Research

New developments implicating IL-21 in autoimmune disease
Review · Journal of Autoimmunity · 2021 · First of 4 authors · Corresponding · 73 citations
IL-21 from high-affinity CD4 T cells drives differentiation of brain-resident CD8 T cells during persistent viral infection
Science Immunology · 2020 · First of 10 authors · 59 citations
PD-1 Dynamically Regulates Inflammation and Development of Brain-Resident Memory CD8 T Cells During Persistent Viral Encephalitis
Frontiers in Immunology · 2019 · 39 citations

Aron Lukacher
7 papers
Mesut Toprak
1 paper · 1 as a resident
Nancy Olsen
1 paper

Grants

Mechanisms of Cellular and Humoral Immune Evasion and Subsequent Polyomavirus Encephalitis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · F31
Contact PI · $25.4K · Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr
2019–2020