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Immunology Program Faculty

Faculty associated with the Immunology Program are listed below. Click on a faculty name to view a detailed description of his/her research, contact information, selected publications, and lab information. For more information regarding students in each lab, please visit the Immunology student page.

For information about joining the UCSF Immunology Program please visit the UCSF Immunology Program Membership Requirement page.

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Abul Abbas, MD
Professor and Chair, Dept of Pathology
Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
"Biology of Cell Interaction in the Immune system"
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Regulation

Katerina Akassoglou, PhD
Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
Associate Professor of Neurology, UCSF

Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Diabetes Center and Dept. of Medicine
"The Genetic Control of Autoimmune Disease"
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Regulation
K. Mark Ansel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center
"Regulation of gene expression in the immune system"
Projects: Allergy and Asthma, Development and Differentiation, Immune Regulation
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Jody Baron, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine
"Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Viral Pathogens"
Projects: HIV and Viral Immunity, Inflammation, Immune Receptors and Signaling
Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD
Director, Diabetes Center
A.W. and Mary Margaret Distinguished Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
"Regulation of T Cell Activation and Development during Immune Responses"
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Regulation, Immune Receptors and Signaling
Frances Brodsky, DPhil
Professor, Depts. of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology
"Molecular Mechanisms of Intracellular Membrane Traffic and Their Role in the Immune Response"
Projects: Immune Receptors and Signaling
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Harold Chapman, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
"Antigen Presentation by MHC Class II Molecules Important to Immunity and Autoimmunity; Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Important to Cell Migration and Tissue Repair"
Projects: Allergy and Asthma, Inflammation
Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, CVRI, Department of Physiology and Medicine
"Immune determinants of metabolism and regeneration"
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Inflammation, Immune regulation.
Jeffrey Cox, PhD
Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology
"Host Pathogen Interactions Responsible for Mycobacteria tuberculosis Virulence"
Projects: Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens
Jason Cyster, PhD
Professor, Dept of Mirobiology & Immunology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Molecular Regulation of Cell Migration and Survival in Secondary Lymphoid Organs"
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Development and Differentiation , Immune Regulation , Immune Receptors and Signaling , Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens
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Anthony DeFranco, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry and Biophysics
"Receptor Regulation of B Lymphocyte and Macrophage Immune Function"
Projects:
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Joanne Engel, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
"Bacterial Pathogen-Host Cell Interactions"
Projects: Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens
David Erle, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine and Lung Biology default
"Allergic airway disease, asthma, and genomics
Projects: Allergy and Asthma , Immune Receptors and Signaling
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Margaret Feeney, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Medicine
“Immunopathogenesis of HIV and Malaria in Childhood"
Lawrence Fong, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
“Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells in Disease”
Projects: Tumor Immunology
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Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Director, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Nick and Sue Hellmann Distinguished Professor of Translational Medicine
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology

“Laboratory of Molecular Immunology”
Projects: HIV and Viral Immunity, Inflammation
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Charlie Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Experimental Medicine
“Immune Recognition and Control of Malaria"
Matthew Krummel, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of T cell activation in vitro and in vivo
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Regulation , Immune Receptors and Signaling , Tumor Immunology
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Lewis Lanier, PhD
Professor and Chair, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology
Professor of the Cancer Research Institute
“Regulation of T Cell & NK Cell Immune Responses by Activating & Inhibitory Receptors”
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, HIV and Viral Immunity , Immune Receptors and Signaling ,Tumor Immunology
Richard Locksley, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Development of Effector T Lymphocytes”
Projects:
Clifford Lowell, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine
Genetic Analysis of Signal Transduction in Hematopoietic Cells
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Receptors & Signaling, Inflammation
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Averil Ma, MD, PhD
Rainin Distingushed Professor, Department of Medicine
“Ubiquitination, Cell Signaling and Autoimmunity"
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Regulation, Immune Receptors and Signaling, Immune response to Microbial Pathogens, Inflammation
Mehrdad Matloubian, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence of Medicine, Rheumatology
"Lymphocyte Migration and Autoimmune Disease"
Projects: Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens
Joseph (Mike) McCune, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Experimental Medicine
“HIV Immunopathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment"
Projects: HIV and Viral Immunity
James McKerrow, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Director, Tropical Disease Research Unit
“Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasitic Diseases”
Projects: Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens
Michael McManus, PhD
Asst. Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Diabetes Center
"Mammalian microRNA and RNA Interference Pathways"
Project:Development and Differentiation, Tumor Immunology  
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Doug Nixon, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine/Experimental Medicine
"Cellular immune responses to HIV"
Projects: HIV and Viral Immunity, Immune Regulation, Tumor Immunology, Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens
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Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD
Associate Professor, Eli Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Department of Medicine
“Normal and Leukemic Hematopoiesis"
Projects:Development and Differentiation,Immune Regulation, Inflammation

Marion Peters, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine
Director, Hepatology Research
“Autoimmune Liver Disease and Host-viral Interactions in Hepatitis C Infection”
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, HIV and Viral Immunity, Inflammation
B. Matija Peterlin, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Laboratory of Immunoregulation: MHC class II and HIV”
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Development and Differentiation, HIV an Viral Immunity, Immune Regulation, Tumor Immunology, Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens.
Mary Premenko-Lanier, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Medicine
"Determinants of Immune Protection"
Projects:
Jennifer M. Puck, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Human Genetics
"Genetic Basis of Human Immune Disorders"
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Development and Differentiation, Immune Receptors and Signaling
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Jeroen Roose, PhD
Asst. Professor, Department of Anatomy
"Ras Signal Transduction in Lymphocytes and Cancer
Projects: Immune Receptors and Signaling
Steven Rosen, PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy
"Roles of biological sulfation in leukocyte trafficking and tumorigenesis”
Projects: Allergy and Asthma ,Development and Differentiation ,Immune Receptors and Signaling , Inflammation, Tumor Immunology
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Shomyseh Sanjabi, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunolgy
“Interplay between anti- and pro-inflammatory cytokines in adaptive immunity”
Projects: HIV and Viral Immunity, Immune regulation, Immune response to microbial pathogens, Inflammation

William Seaman, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
Chief, Medical Service, San Francisco VAMC
“The Role of Lymphocyte Subtypes in Immunity”
Projects: Allergy and Asthma, Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Receptors and Signaling, Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens and Tumor Immunology

Dean Sheppard, MD.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center
"In Vivo function of integrins"

Jeoung-Sook Shin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center
Projects: Allergy and Asthma, Immune Receptors and Signaling, Inflammation
Anita Sil, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
“Pathogenesis of Histoplasma capsulatum”
Projects: Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens, Immune Receptors and Signaling

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Qizhi Tang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Regulatory T cell control of autoimmunity and transplant rejection
Projects:

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Eric Verdin, MD
Senior Investigator, Professor of Medicine
Epigenetic regulation of immune functions
Projects:
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Matthias Wabl, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
“Somatic Cell Genetics and Autoimmunity of B Lymphocytes”
Projects: Development and Differentiation, Diabetes and Autoimmunity, Immune Receptors and Signaling, Tumor Immunology
Arthur Weiss, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Signal Transduction Events in T Lymphocytes
Projects: Immune Receptors and Signaling, Development and Differentiation, Diabetes and Autoimmunity
Zena Werb, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Anatomy
"Functional Genomics of Extracellular Proteolysis in Development and Cancer"
Projects: Allergy and Asthma, Tumor Immunology, Inflammation
David Wofsy, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
“Mechanisms of Autoimmunity”
Projects: Diabetes and Autoimmunity
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Scott Zamvil, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
“Autoimmunity and the Brain: Immodulation by Statins”
Projects:

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