Tian Xia

Tian Xia is a Research Fellow in the Social and Affective Neuroscience of Autism program at the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine. She holds a B.S. in Psychology from Northeastern University (2024). Her research focuses on developmental psychopathology, social neuroscience, and immunological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental and autoimmune disorders. Key areas include T cell biology, epigenetic regulation, and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.

Her work explores how genetic and epigenetic factors influence immune cell differentiation, particularly in CD8+ and CD4+ T cells, with applications to neuroimmunology and chronic inflammatory conditions. Recent studies investigate ZEB proteins, Blimp-1, and T-bet in T cell differentiation pathways during viral infections and autoimmune pathogenesis.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed. Her research is supported by Yale’s interdisciplinary environment, focusing on translational approaches to understand immune-neurological interfaces. Advising details are not provided in the text.