Dr. Fanning received her Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Pathology from the Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at New Jersey Medical School. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the regulation of interferon-alpha production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells. This was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center. Here, her research interests turned to cellular immunotherapy for malignant disease. During her post-doc, Dr. Fanning’s research projects focused on separating graft-versus-host disease from graft-versus-tumor effects in murine models of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. After a position as Visiting Assistant Professor at The College of New Jersey where she taught Genetics and General Biology, Dr. Fanning returned to the lab at HackensackUMC. As a Research Associate, she studied immune reconstitution during extracorporeal photopheresis therapy for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease. At TouroCOM, Dr. Fanning’s research projects continue to explore immune functioning and immune reconstitution after cellular immunotherapy.
Research
Research Interests: Immunotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplantation for hematopoietic malignancy; Immune reconstitution; Serum cytokine changes in disease states
Publications
- Goldstein, M. J., Fruscione, M., Erhardt, A., Alvarez-Casas, J., Akbari, M., Murugun, M., Aptekmann, A., Goldgirsh, K., Titova, E., Fanning, S. L., & Perlin, D. (2025). Transcriptional and Cytokine Profiling for Feasibility, Viability, and Damage Assessment in Preclinical Ex-Vivo Normothermic Perfusion (EVNP) of Discarded Kidneys. American Journal of Transplantation, 25 (8), S968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.2305
- Lee, R., Ong, J., Waisberg, E., Fanning, S. L., & Lee, A. G. (2025). Spaceflight Associated Dry Eye Syndrome (SADES): Outflow Biophysics and Infection Risk. Journal of Space Safety Engineering, 12 (2), 377-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsse.2025.04.004
- Descalzi-Montoya, D., Yang, Z., Fanning, S. L., Hu, W., LoMauro, K., Zhao, Y., & Korngold, R. (2024). Cord Blood-Derived Multipotent Stem Cells Ameliorate in Vitro/in Vivo Alloreactive Responses, and This Effect Is Associated with Exosomal Microvesicles in Vitro. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 30 (4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2024.01.078
- Lu, J., Williams, G., & Fanning, S. L. (2024). Reconsidering Semaglutide Use for Chronic Obesity in Patients of Asian Descent: A Critical Review. Cureus, 16 (11). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.73111
- Fanning, S. L., Korngold, R., Yang, Z., Goldgirsh, K., Park, S., Zenreich, J., Baker, M., McKiernan, P., Tan, M., Zhang, B., Donato, M., & Perlin, D. (2021). Elevated Cytokines and Chemokines in Peripheral Blood of Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Treated With High-Titer Convalescent Plasma. PLoS Pathogens, 17 (10), e1010025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010025
- Abdulrazzak, A., Chandler, A., Lu, R., Mobarakai, O., Lebron, B., Ingram, N., Sheth, A., Patel, N., Parikh, S., Kumar, R., Bedi, J., Diaw, N., Abonamah, A., Lomiguen, C., & Fanning, S. L. (2021). Mini-Medical School Programs Decrease Perceived Barriers of Pursuing Medical Careers Among Underrepresented Minority High School Students. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 121 (12), 883-890. https://doi.org/10.1515/jom-2021-0125
- Donato, M. L., Park, S., Baker, M., Korngold, R., Morawski, A., Geng, X., Tan, M., Ip, A., Goldberg, S., Rowley, S., Chow, K., Brown, E., Zenreich, J., McKiernan, P., Buttner, K., Ullrich, A., Long, L., Feinman, R., Ricourt, A., Kemp, M., Vendivil, M., Suh, H., Balani, B., Cicogna, C., Sebti, R., Al-Khan, A., Sperber, S., Desai, S., Fanning, S. L., Arad, D., Go, R., Tam, E., & Rose, K. (2021). Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Treated with High-Titer Convalescent Plasma. JCI Insight, 6 (6), e143196. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.143196
