Inflammatory Content

Inflammatory Content

Kellen Cavagnero, Ph.D.

Episodes 28
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (11)
Since Dec 2019
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Inflammatory Content is a podcast about immunology and biomedical sciences more broadly. UC San Diego immunologist Dr. Kellen Cavagnero PhD reviews the latest high-impact original articles and discusses all things science with leading researchers in the field. Inflammatory Content has been featured in Nature and received sponsorship from the NIH.

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#28: Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Jan 04, 2026 39m

In this episode of Inflammatory Content, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero explores the debilitating skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and takes a deep dive into a recent Immunity paper that…

#27: A Surprising New Role for Neutrophils in Wound Healing

Aug 20, 2025 29m

In this episode of Inflammatory Content, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero breaks down a new Nature paper showing that a subset of skin neutrophils doesn’t just fight bacteria—they also build extracellular matrix…

#26: Spatial Proteomics Uncovers a Lifesaving Treatment for Severe Skin Drug Reactions

Jul 05, 2025 18m

In this episode of Inflammatory Content, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero dives into a landmark 2024 Nature study by Thierry Nordman and colleagues, titled “Spatial proteomics identifies JAKi as treatment for a…

#25: Immuno-endocrinology with Dr. Dequina Nicholas, Ph.D.

Mar 08, 2025 1h 9m

In this episode, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero is joined by Dr. Dequina Nicholas. Dr. Nicholas is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Irvine in the Department of Molecular Biology and…

#24: AI Generated Podcast on Immune-Acting Fibroblasts

Jan 16, 2025 32m

Today we’re going to do a journal club, but it will not be your run of the mill journal club. Everyone who knows me knows I am always searching for the latest technology that can increase my…

#23: The PhD Fellowship Application Survival Guide

Nov 30, 2024 28m

One of the most common questions I get from undergraduate and graduate students is: How do I get a Ph.D. fellowship? During my Ph.D., I was fortunate to be awarded two fellowships, and I’ve received…

#22: Mpox (formerly monkeypox) with Dr. Aaron Oom, Ph.D.

Oct 26, 2024 1h 11m

In this episode, Kellen is joined by Dr. Aaron Oom, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the lab of Dr. Mark Mulligan at NYU Langone Health. Aaron is an expert in virology and immunology. He completed his Ph.D.…

#21: Functional genomics identifies a novel therapeutic target for inflammatory bowel disease

Aug 26, 2024 33m

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of disease-associated genetic variants. Many of these variants lie in non-coding regions of the genome, making interpretation of GWAS…

#20: Cancer, Metabolism, T cells, and Spatial Transcriptomics with Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos, Ph.D.

May 24, 2024 1h 19m

Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos is an Assistant Professor at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in La Jolla, California. The Reina lab seeks to understand the underlying principles governing tissue immune…

#19: Lymphatics, stem cells, and postdocs with Dr. Shiri Gur-Cohen, Ph.D.

May 15, 2023 1h 24m

Dr. Gur-Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Gur-Cohen’s work has unearthed the lymphatic capillary…

#18: Unconventional T cells with Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.

Mar 24, 2023 58m

In this episode, Kellen speaks with Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg. Mitch is the chief scientific officer of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, an adjunct professor at UC San Diego, and the co-director…

#17: Gut microbiome therapeutics with Dr. Amir Zarrinpar, M.D. Ph.D.

Jan 27, 2023 1h 30m

In this episode, Kellen speaks with Dr. Amir Zarrinpar. Amir is a board-certified gastroenterologist and an assistant professor at UC San Diego in the department of medicine. He completed his…

#16: Inflammatory bowel disease and proteomics with Dr. David Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Nov 10, 2022 1h 27m

In this episode, Kellen speaks with Dr. David Gonzalez. David is an associate professor at UC San Diego in the pharmacology department of the school of medicine and the Skaggs school of pharmacy.…

#15: Antimicrobial resistance with Dr. Victor Nizet, M.D.

Jun 19, 2022 1h 8m

In this episode, Kellen interviews Dr. Victor Nizet, a distinguished professor of pediatrics and pharmaceutical sciences at UCSD and the vice chair of basic research in the department of pediatrics…

#14: Fibrosis in CNS autoimmunity with Dr. Richard Daneman, Ph.D.

Apr 09, 2022 49m

In this episode, Kellen sits down for a conversation with Richard Daneman, an associate professor of neurosciences and pharmacology at UCSD. Kellen and Rich discuss the Daneman lab’s recent paper…

#13: Immune fibroblastic cells with Dr. Richard Gallo, M.D. Ph.D.

Feb 19, 2022 30m

In this episode, Kellen is joined by his thesis advisor Dr. Richard Gallo, a Distinguished Professor and the Founding Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, San…

#12: Omental fat, the “policeman of the abdomen”

Dec 29, 2021 17m

Omental adipose tissue has been considered an important component of host defense since at least 1906 when it was deemed “the policeman of the abdomen”. The precise mechanisms underlying omental host…

#11: Microbiome therapeutics with Dr. Alan O’Neill, Ph.D.

Nov 26, 2021 44m

This is a special episode of Inflammatory Content as it is our first episode with a guest! Dr. Alan O’Neill, Ph.D. joins Kellen to discuss his work on microbiome therapeutics—highlighting his recent…

#10: Cuts, commensals, and chemokines

Jun 28, 2021 17m

Getting physically injured is no fun—it can often take long periods of time to recover. What if we could accelerate the wound healing process? Here, Kellen dissects an original article, titled “The…

#9: ILC2s and cancer

Jul 18, 2020 13m

Cutting-edge approaches to combat tumor development involve transplantation of anti-tumor T cells and natural killer cells. Natural killer (NK) cells belong to a greater family of innate lymphoid…

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