Dr. Eleanor Fish is the Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) and Professor of Immunology at the University of Toronto. She has had a distinguished career characterized by first-rate science focused on the role of interferons in viral defense and clinical …
Interviews
April 2018
Luis F. García
Our April Immunologist of the month is Luis Fernando García an Emeritus Professor at the Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA) in Medellín, Colombia. He is Medical Doctor and has a Master of Sciences degreed from the Udea.
Richard Koup
Dr Richard (Rick) Koup attended the University of Connecticut, USA where he earned a B.S. in biophysics and a M.S. in biochemistry in 1979. Two years later he received his M.D from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA. Dr Koup then moved …
March 2018
Stanley Plotkin
Our March Immunologist of the month in Professor Stanley Plotkin, a world-renowned vaccinologist and an influential figure in the field of infectious diseases. Professor Plotkin is currently an Emeritus Professor of the University of Pennsylvania....
Heather Jaspan
Dr Heather Jaspan is an Associate Member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) at the University of Cape Town and an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington Departments of Pediatrics and Global Health, Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr Jaspan completed …
February 2018
Sarah C. Gilbert
Our February Immunologist of the Month is Sarah Gilbert, faculty member at the Jenner Institute in the University of Oxford. She has performed clinical trials for new flu vaccines, as well as other vaccines that use recombinant adenoviruses vectors.
Jeffery Dorfman
Dr Jeffery Dorfman is a senior scientist and the lead immunologist at the Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU) based at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. He is working to identify and implement new avenues of immunology research and …
January 2018
Jacqueline Marvel
Our January Immunologist of the Month is Jacqueline Marvel, Research Director of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and head of the “Immunity and Cytotoxic Lymphocytes” team at the International Center of Infectiology Research (CIRI).
Henry Mwandumba
Dr Henry Mwandumba is based in Blantyre, Malawi as a Consultant Physician at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme. He is also a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow and the current Vice-President of FAIS. Dr Mwandumba obtained his medical degree from the University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine and …
December 2017
Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil
Our December Immunologist of the month is Professor Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil from the Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Sudan. His experience includes various programs, contributions And participation...