2026 Megan A. Cooper: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	50	4182	3861	1907	1745	152	19019

Overview

Megan A. Cooper is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research output spans several key areas of immunology and related biomedical sciences.

The main fields of study covered in their work include Immunology and Microbiology, with 130 publications, and Medicine, with 93 publications. Subfields in which they are active include Immunology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

Their primary research topics focus on Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Blood disorders and treatments, Respiratory viral infections research, Immune Response and Inflammation, and Immune responses and vaccinations.

Frequent publication venues for their work include The Journal of Immunology and Clinical Immunology, each with 10 publications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine with 8 publications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications, and Journal of Clinical Immunology with 6 publications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Megan A. Cooper are Nermina Saucier (24 publications), Ana Kolicheski (15 publications), Joshua D. Milner (14 publications), Erica G. Schmitt (14 publications), and Jahnavi Aluri (12 publications).

Selected recent papers by Megan A. Cooper include:

A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2020, Cell)
Studying severe long COVID to understand post-infectious disorders beyond COVID-19 (2022, Nature Medicine)
Recessive inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in children with COVID-19 pneumonia (2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)
Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with critical influenza pneumonia (2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)
Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in the Establishment and Function of the Immune System (2021, Cells)

Best Publications

The biology of human natural killer-cell subsets.

Megan A Cooper;Todd A Fehniger;Michael A Caligiuri

3894
Citations
Human natural killer cells: a unique innate immunoregulatory role for the CD56bright subset

Megan A. Cooper;Todd A. Fehniger;Sarah C. Turner;Kenneth S. Chen

1901
Citations
CD56bright natural killer cells are present in human lymph nodes and are activated by T cell–derived IL-2: a potential new link between adaptive and innate immunity

Todd A Fehniger;Megan A Cooper;Gerard J Nuovo;Marina Cella

1064
Citations
Differential Cytokine and Chemokine Gene Expression by Human NK Cells Following Activation with IL-18 or IL-15 in Combination with IL-12: Implications for the Innate Immune Response

Todd A. Fehniger;Manisha H. Shah;Matthew J. Turner;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

953
Citations
Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells

Megan A. Cooper;Julie M. Elliott;Peter A. Keyel;Liping Yang

934
Citations
Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells exhibit enhanced responses against myeloid leukemia

Rizwan Romee;Maximillian Rosario;Melissa M. Berrien-Elliott;Julia A. Wagner

924
Citations
Cytokine activation induces human memory-like NK cells.

Rizwan Romee;Stephanie E. Schneider;Jeffrey W. Leong;Julie M. Chase

716
Citations
NK cell and DC interactions.

Megan A. Cooper;Todd A. Fehniger;Anja Fuchs;Marco Colonna

602
Citations
Early-onset lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity caused by germline STAT3 gain-of-function mutations

Joshua D. Milner;Tiphanie P. Vogel;Lisa Forbes;Chi A. Ma

599
Citations
In vivo evidence for a dependence on interleukin 15 for survival of natural killer cells.

Megan A. Cooper;Jennifer E. Bush;Todd A. Fehniger;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

561
Citations
Fatal Leukemia in Interleukin 15 Transgenic Mice Follows Early Expansions in Natural Killer and Memory Phenotype Cd8+ T Cells

Todd A. Fehniger;Kazuhiro Suzuki;Anand Ponnappan;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

481
Citations
Interleukin-2 and interleukin-15: immunotherapy for cancer.

Todd A Fehniger;Megan A Cooper;Michael A Caligiuri

380
Citations
Activation-Specific Metabolic Requirements for NK Cell IFN-γ Production

Molly P. Keppel;Nermina Saucier;Annelise Y. Mah;Tiphanie P. Vogel

331
Citations
Preactivation with IL-12, IL-15, and IL-18 Induces CD25 and a Functional High-Affinity IL-2 Receptor on Human Cytokine-Induced Memory-like Natural Killer Cells

Jeffrey W. Leong;Julie M. Chase;Rizwan Romee;Stephanie E. Schneider

319
Citations
Jakinibs for the treatment of immune dysregulation in patients with gain-of-function signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) or STAT3 mutations.

Lisa R. Forbes;Tiphanie P. Vogel;Megan A. Cooper;Johana Castro-Wagner

254
Citations
Germline hypomorphic CARD11 mutations in severe atopic disease

Chi A Ma;Jeffrey R Stinson;Yuan Zhang;Jordan K Abbott

234
Citations
A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Jean-Laurent Casanova;Helen C. Su;Covid Human Genetic Effort

230
Citations
Mutations in sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase cause nephrosis with ichthyosis and adrenal insufficiency

Svjetlana Lovric;Sara Goncalves;Sara Goncalves;Heon Yung Gee;Babak Oskouian

191
Citations
Recessive inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in children with COVID-19 pneumonia

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179
Citations
Hidden talents of natural killers: NK cells in innate and adaptive immunity

Megan A. Cooper;Marco Colonna;Wayne M. Yokoyama

175
Citations
The Ying and Yang of STAT3 in Human Disease

Tiphanie P. Vogel;Joshua D. Milner;Megan A. Cooper

167
Citations
Rituximab for the treatment of juvenile dermatomyositis: a report of four pediatric patients.

Megan A. Cooper;Donna L. Willingham;Diane E. Brown;Anthony R. French

160
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd A. Fehniger Washington University in St. Louis

Michael A. Caligiuri City Of Hope National Medical Center

Joshua D. Milner Columbia University

Marco Colonna Washington University in St. Louis

Jolan E. Walter University of South Florida

Troy R. Torgerson Allen Institute

Wayne M. Yokoyama Washington University in St. Louis

Christopher D. Putnam University of California, San Diego

Julie D. Saba University of California, San Francisco

Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital

External Links

Personal website of Megan A. Cooper

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