JavierCabrera-PerezMDPhD

Pediatric Asthma & Allergic Conditions, Clinical & Laboratory Immunology

Pediatrician-Scientist, Clinical Immunologist

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Office
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Allergy and Immunology
60 Fenwood Road, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-9850

Javier ("Javi") was born in Ciego de Avila Cuba, and emigrated to the United States in 1999 when his little brother Jorge needed a bone marrow transplant. His brother, unfortunately, did not survive, but Javi went on to pursue his dream of building a future for immunocompromised kids like Jorge. He has more than 20 years of research training at the world's top immunology centers, including Sloan Kettering Institute, NIH Clinical Center, University of Minnesota, Texas Children's Hospital, and Brigham & Women's Hospital, spanning all aspects of immunology. He has also completed clinical training in immunological diseases in several of the most prestigious pediatric and adult hospitals in the country. He is passionate about both the art and science of medicine and remains committed to realizing the immune system's potential to change the way we approach infection, allergy, cancer and autoimmunity.

Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 2021 - 2024
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 2018 - 2021
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2018, M.D., Ph.D., Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology
Columbia University BS, Biomedical Engineering, 2003 - 2007

PubMed

43 citations
Enteric immunity, the gut microbiome, and sepsis: Rethinking the germ theory of disease
Javier Cabrera-Perez, Vladimir P. Badovinac, Thomas S. Griffith
Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2017-01-01
50 citations
Alterations in antigen-specific naive CD4 T cell precursors after sepsis impairs their responsiveness to pathogen challenge.
Javier Cabrera-Perez, Stephanie A. Condotta, Britnie R. James, Sakeen W. Kashem, Erik L. Brincks
Journal of Immunology. 2015-02-15
70 citations
Aquaporin gene therapy corrects Sjögren’s syndrome phenotype in mice
Zhennan Lai, Hongen Yin, Javier Cabrera-Perez, Maria C. Guimaro, Sandra Afione
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016-05-17

Post-doctoral FellowRagon Institute of MGH, MIT & Harvard Subject: Quality of responses to COVID-19 vaccination in immune-deficient patients.2022 - Present
Integrated Research Pathway ResidentTexas Children’s Research Center Baylor College of Medicine Subject: Epigenetic control of T cell responses to mycobacterial infection.2020 - 2021
Graduate StudentCenter for Immunology University of Minnesota Subject: Susceptibility to secondary infections following sepsis.2012 - 2015
Post-Baccalaureate IRTA FellowGene Therapy Branch, NIDCR National Institutes of Health Subject: Gene therapy to restore function in autoimmune gland diseases.2007 - 2010
Research TechnicianDepartment of Neuroscience Weill-Cornell Medical College Subject: Ion channel location and function in central nervous system.2007 - 2007
Undergraduate FellowDepartment of Immunology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Subject: Immunotherapy strategies during/after bone marrow transplantation.2005 - 2007
Research InternMHIF Clinical Research Summer Program Minneapolis Heart Research Institute Subject: Sudden cardiac death in young athletes.2005 - 2005
Undergraduate AssistantDepartment of Anatomy & Physiology Columbia University in the City of New York. Subject: Mechanisms of mast cell infiltration during hypoxic/ischemic encephalopathy.2003 - 2005