Home Department: undeclared
Supported by: Bio-X
Mentor: Firdaus Dhabhar, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Tanvi is investigating the effects of major depressive disorder (MDD) on the immune system. To test her hypothesis that periods of MDD have deleterious effects on the immune system, she will analyze flow cytometry data to quantify the immune effects of MDD.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 26, 2015:

Immunosenescence in Major Depressive Disorder

Tanvi Gambhir^1,2, Dhivya Perumal^1,2, Krista Ring^1,2, Elissa Epel³, Synthia Mellon⁴, Owen M. Wolkowitz³, and Firdaus S. Dhabhar^1,2,5,6,7,8
[Laboratory of Stress Immunology¹ and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences², Stanford Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, & Infection⁵, Stanford Cancer Institute⁶, Stanford Neurosciences Institute⁷, and Bio-X Program⁸, Stanford University; Departments of Psychiatry³ and OB/GYN & Reproductive Sciences⁴, UCSF]