Virus Host Interactions

Respiratory Viruses

Dr. Bose’s research is focused on understanding innate immune inflammatory and antiviral response against respiratory viruses like influenza A virus (flu virus), human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and parainfluenza viruses (PIV). Dr. Bose conducted his post-doctoral studies at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio as a Morgenthaler Foundation post-doctoral fellow. Following his post-doc, Dr. Bose was recruited by University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School (Microbiology & Immunology) as Assistant Professor. He became a tenured Professor at University of Texas-medical school in 2010 and moved to Washington State University in 2014. He was appointed as Caroline Engle Distinguished Professor of Research on Infectious Diseases from 2015-2017. Dr. Bose holds multiple U.S. patents, has served as a regular member of National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Innate Immunity and Inflammation study section (2012-2016) and has served (and serving) as Editor and Editorial Board Member of multiple journals. He was elected as an honorary fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2022 and received Zoetis Award for Research Excellence in 2020.  He was also elected as a member of The Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2023.

Professional headshot of Dr. Bose in the hallway outside his office.

Professor
Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology

College of Veterinary Medicine
santanu.bose@wsu.edu

Education

  • Post-doc, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
  • PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin
  • BS, University of Mount Olive, North Carolina

Research interests

  • Viral inflammation and viral innate immunity regulating lung inflammatory diseases like pneumonia
  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating respiratory virus (influenza A virus, human respiratory syncytial virus, human parainfluenza viruses) infection, innate immune antiviral response and innate immune inflammatory response
  • Developing therapeutics to combat respiratory virus associated hyper-inflammatory lung diseases like pneumonia

Honors and awards

  • Elected member, Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2023
  • Elected fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2022
  • Zoetis Award for Research Excellence, 2020
  • Caroline Engle Distinguished Professor of Research on Infectious Diseases, 2015-2017

Editorial duties

  • Section Editor of Journal of Immunology (JI) published by The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) (current)
  • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (current)
  • Editorial Board member of Genes & Immunity (current)
  • Academic Editor of PLoS ONE (2012-2023)