Dr. Ashley Nelson is an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Nelson earned her Bachelor of Science in Forensic Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University. She decided to pursue a career in research, so went on to earn a Master of Science in Molecular Biology from Towson University. Subsequently, she earned a PhD in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health studying the immune response to measles infection and vaccination. Her PhD work contributed to our understanding on the mechanisms leading to long-term immunity following measles vaccination. She was recently promoted to faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine, following her postdoctoral training career at Duke University. Currently, her research focuses on pediatric immunity following vaccination and viral infection. In the Fouda lab, her technical expertise include neutralization assays, immune cell phenotyping by flow cytometry, B cell repertoire analysis, and assessment of antibody avidity by Surface Plasmon Resonance. Outside of lab, she likes to read and listen to True Crime podcast!