Nicole Naiman

Year Entered MSTP: 2013

Prior Education

College:	The Ohio State University
Degree:	BS, Biomedical Science

Student Information

Mentor(s)	Overbaugh, Julie PhD Faculty Website »
Primary Department	Molecular & Cellular Biology

Doctorate Information

Dissertation Title:	Role of Antibodies in Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1
Defense Date:	2019-05-21

Current Positions

Title:	Resident
Location:	University of Texas - Southwestern, Dallas, TX

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Current Research

Antibodies in Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Nicole Naiman's dissertation research in Molecular and Cellular Biology follows a sustained research trajectory focusing on HIV that began as an undergraduate at The Ohio State University and as a postbaccalaureate fellow at the NIH. Under the mentorship of Dr. Julie Overbaugh at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Nicole’s Ph.D. research focused on mother-to-child HIV transmission. Nicole mapped HIV epitopes recognized by maternal antibodies and defined those that were protective and, unexpectedly, identified epitopes that when targeted by antibodies are actually associated with worse outcomes and that should therefore be avoided when considering vaccine and therapeutic strategies.