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Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ask lab is studying a molecular pathway termed the unfolded protein response (UPR) that is activated when proteins are not folded correctly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ask lab is studying a molecular pathway termed the unfolded protein response (UPR) that is activated when proteins are not folded correctly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ask lab is studying a molecular pathway termed the unfolded protein response (UPR) that is activated when proteins are not folded correctly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Allergy
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Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Cancer
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Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Chronic Inflammation
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Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ask lab is studying a molecular pathway termed the unfolded protein response (UPR) that is activated when proteins are not folded correctly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ask lab is studying a molecular pathway termed the unfolded protein response (UPR) that is activated when proteins are not folded correctly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Kjetil Ask
PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Medicine, Respirology; Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ask lab is studying a molecular pathway termed the unfolded protein response (UPR) that is activated when proteins are not folded correctly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Immunotherapy
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Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Jonathan Bramson
PhD
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism, Vice-Dean, Research; John Bienenstock Chair in Molecular Medicine
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunology, Oncology, Translational Research, Genetic Engineering, Immunoassays/Immune Monitoring, First-in-human clinical trials
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Mark Larché
PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair, Allergy & Immune Tolerance; McMaster University/GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Lung Immunology at St. Joseph's Healthcare
Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Asthma/allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and graft versus host disease
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Brian Lichty
PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Host-virus interactions and viral therapeutics for cancer
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Anthony F. Rullo
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Chemical Immunomodulatory approaches to combat cancer, multivalent metastatic cell targeting oligomers, covalent re-engineering of immunological machinery and the cancer cell surface
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Infectious Disease
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Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Dawn Bowdish
PhD
Professor
Executive Director, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Immunosenescence, macrophage biology, macrophage receptor expression, scavenger receptor and phagocytic receptor function and signalling, aging and immunity, innate immunity & host defence, bacterial colonization and infections (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae), animal models of pneumonia and post-influenza pneumonia, microbiome of the upper respiratory tract, pathogen, commensals of the upper respiratory tract
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Karen Mossman
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Viral immunity, virus-host interactions in humans and bats, oncolytic viruses, cancer immunotherapy
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Martin Stämpfli
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine, Respirology; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: How environmental and infectious agents, alone or in combination, influence innate and adaptive immune responses in the respiratory tract and the contribution of these changes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Mucosal Immunology
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Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Ali Ashkar
DVM, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Study of innate immunity to viral infections and cancer, experimental models of human specific diseases
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Jeremy Hirota
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology (Tier 2)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Respiratory mucosal immunology, environmental exposures, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, airway epithelial cells, ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters commercialization of research, science communication.
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Charu Kaushic
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Infectious Diseases; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mucosal Immunity to HIV & sexually transmitted infections
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Carl Richards
PhD
Professor
Medicine, Respirology, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cytokines in chronic inflammatory diseases, cancer microenvironment, fibroblast phenotypes, histopathology, IHC and in situ hybridization in FFPE tissue, animal models
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Vaccines
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Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Maria Fe C. Medina
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Manufacturing of adenoviral vectors for pre-clinical and clinical applications
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Yonghong Wan
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Hematology & Thromboembolism; McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, adoptive T cell therapy, oncolytic viruses
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Zhou Xing
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Anti-microbial mucosal immunity and tuberculosis vaccine development
Hiring Graduate Students
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Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Amy Gillgrass
PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: HIV, Tuberculosis, Humanized mice, immunology, vaccines, animal models of disease.
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Manel Jordana
MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Allergy; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Schroeder Allergy and Immunology Research Institute
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Allergy, particularly food allergy, mucosal immunity
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies
Matthew Miller
PhD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster Immunology Research Centre
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Pandemics, influenza virus, coronavirus, vaccines, antivirals, virus/host interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, B cells, antibodies