{"id":136195,"date":"2026-10-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=136195"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:50:32","slug":"dr-kielian-is-elected-to-leukocyte-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/10\/13\/dr-kielian-is-elected-to-leukocyte-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Kielian is elected to leukocyte board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tammy Kielian, PhD, a professor in UNMC\u2019s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, recently was elected to serve as a councilor for the Society of Leukocyte Biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was an honor to have been selected,\u201d said Dr. Kielian, who is the Choudari Kommineni, DVM, PhD, Endowed Professor of Pathology. Her research interests span the fields of immunology, infectious diseases and neuroscience. Her laboratory has a long-standing interest in studying the pathogenesis and immune responses elicited by <em>Staphylococcus aureus<\/em> biofilm using mouse models of prosthetic joint and craniotomy infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Kielian was elected to a four-year term, which begins Jan. 1, by a vote of current society members. A councilor helps guide the operations and direction of the society, an inclusive global community of scientists in leukocyte research and related disciplines. 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