Yrina earned her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed her post-doctoral training in molecular immunology at National Institutes of Health in the laboratory of Dr. Warren Leonard, where she published several papers and reviews in high profile peer-reviewed journals. She is a recipient of the Lenfant Biomedical Award from NHLBI, NIH for outstanding research. Her research is focused on elucidating molecular mechanisms of immunological responses.
PhD: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2005.
Post-Doc Fellowship: NHLBI/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2005-2011.
Research Associate: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2012-2013.
Research Instructor: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2013-present.
Immunology
TSLP shapes the pathogenic responses of memory CD4+ T cells in eosinophilic esophagitis. Science Signaling. 2023; 16:eadg6360.
The minichromosome maintenance complex drives esophageal basal zone hyperplasia. JCI insight. 2023; 8.
Local type 2 immunity in eosinophilic gastritis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023; 152:136-144.
Environmental allergens trigger type 2 inflammation through ripoptosome activation. Nature Immunology. 2021; 22:1316-1326.
Yrina Rochman, PhD, Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD9/12/2023