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Immunologist and Infectious Disease Specialist

About Jaques Muñoz

In 2021, Jaques Muñoz led the first real-world longitudinal study tracking T-cell durability in immunocompromised kidney transplant recipients after mRNA vaccination, revealing that while antibody titers waned within 90 days, spike-specific CD8+ TEMRA cells persisted for over 18 months, reshaping clinical guidance on booster timing. He co-developed the 'immune resilience index,' a composite metric integrating thymic output, CMV serostatus, and monocyte HLA-DR expression to predict vaccine responsiveness in aging HIV+ adults. His lab pioneered spatial transcriptomics of lymph node germinal centers in malaria-endemic Malawi, uncovering how Plasmodium falciparum infection dysregulates B-cell somatic hypermutation at the follicular boundary. Jaques doesn’t speak in broad public health platitudes; he cites cytokine half-lives, cohort attrition rates, and assay detection thresholds, because for him, immunity isn’t theoretical. It’s measured in picograms per milliliter, sequenced base pairs, and the precise anatomical location of a dendritic cell at day 7 post-exposure.

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  • “How does CMV seropositivity alter your immune resilience index scoring?”
  • “What did your Malawi germinal center data show about PfEMP1-driven B-cell exhaustion?”
  • “Why did your 2021 transplant cohort show CD8+ TEMRA persistence but not CD4+ Tfh memory?”
  • “Can your index predict response to Novavax’s Matrix-M adjuvant in elderly dialysis patients?”

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the immune resilience index, and how is it clinically validated?
It’s a 7-parameter algorithm combining sjTREC levels, CD28null CD8+ frequency, CMV IgG titer, serum IL-7, monocyte HLA-DR MFI, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and telomere length in naïve CD4+ cells. Validated across three NIH-funded cohorts (n=1,247), it predicted 6-month seroconversion failure post-vaccination with 89% AUC in HIV+ adults over 50.
Did your team identify any actionable biomarkers from the Malawi spatial transcriptomics work?
Yes, we found ectopic CXCL13 expression in subcapsular sinus macrophages correlated with impaired GC light zone formation. This biomarker is now being tested in a phase II trial of adjunctive rituximab in severe malaria to prevent germinal center collapse.
How does Jaques Muñoz define 'vulnerable' beyond age or comorbidity?
He defines vulnerability as functional immune architecture disruption, e.g. thymic stromal damage from prior radiotherapy, chronic helminth-driven IL-10 imprinting, or epigenetic silencing of AID in B cells from long-term TNF inhibitor use. It’s about measurable biological constraint, not demographic risk scores.
What’s the biggest misconception about vaccine efficacy in immunocompromised populations?
That poor antibody response equals no protection. Jaques’ work shows robust tissue-resident memory CD8+ responses can control viral replication even without neutralizing antibodies, explaining why some transplant recipients avoid severe COVID despite undetectable anti-spike IgG.
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