UCLA Immunity, Inflammation, Infection, and Transplantation Theme

UCLA Immunity, Inflammation, Infection, and Transplantation Theme

February 10, 2026

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis

Gregory Whitehill, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Biology (M. Butte’s Lab),

UCLA College of Letters & Sciences      – and –

Identifying and Characterizing Small Molecules that Selectively

Target Senescent Macrophages

Itzetl Avila, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology

(A. Covarrubias’ Lab), UCLA College of Letters & Sciences

Contact – I3T@mednet.ucla.edu

Website – https://medschool.ucla.edu/immunology

23-105 CHS