Faculty
August 19, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Elia Tait Wojno
Dr. Elia Tait Wojno, Assistant Professor in Immunology, has been awarded a Seymour & Vivian Milstein Young Investigator Award for notable contributions to cytokine research. The Milstein Young Investigator Awards are bestowed upon individuals who have made an impact on interferon and cytokine research early in their careers. Congratulations Elia! Read more
Pepper Lab Research Featured in NYT
Pepper Lab research featured in The New York Times: Scientists See Signs of Lasting Immunity to Covid-19, Even After Mild Infections. Ongoing studies like the one in the lab of Dr. Marion Pepper, Associate Professor of Immunology, have found antibodies capable of incapacitating the coronavirus lingering at low levels in the blood months after people……
July 22, 2020
Congratulations to Susana Orozco!
Congratulations to UW Immunology Graduate, and now a postdoc in the Hamerman Lab, Susana Orozco, PhD on her recent F32 NRSA fellowship from the NIH/NHLBI “Inflammation-associated anemia and the role of monocyte-derived inflammatory hemophagocytes in a model of blood-stage malaria”. Way to go Susana! Read more
June 30, 2020
Live Event – UW Immunology Research Presents
Join us for a live presentation and discussion with members of the University of Washington’s Department of Immunology. July 22, 2020, 11:00 am via Zoom (registration is required, see link below). These featured researchers are working on discovering how the immune system functions across various organs during parasite infection, vaccination, and allergy. These studies are……
June 15, 2020
Live Event – UW Immunology Research Presents
We’re pleased to invite you to a live presentation and discussion with members of the University of Washington’s Department of Immunology, June 17, 11:00 am via Zoom. These researchers are working on the innate immune system, which is important for the earliest events in detecting infection, and how small changes in our genome can make……
May 29, 2020
United World Antiviral Research Network Funded
The University of Washington, and collaborators at Rockefeller University (NYC), FIOCRUZ (Brazil), IRESSEF (Senegal), KRISP (South Africa), Aga Khan University (Pakistan) and Chang Gung University (Taiwan) were awarded a NIH National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) grant for $8.75 M for 5 years to form……
May 12, 2020
Live Event – UW Immunology COVID-19 Research
We’re pleased to invite you to a live presentation and discussion with members of the University of Washington’s Department of Immunology. These researchers are working on aspects of COVID-19, including both understanding and treating the illness itself and efforts to create vaccines. See some of the work being done locally, and ask questions about the……
March 24, 2020
COVID-19: Seattle Times Spotlights Gale Lab Work on Coronavirus
Seattle Times: ‘There’s a lot we don’t know’: UW researchers look at how coronavirus turns body against itself and kills By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter | Updated March 22, 2020 at 12:03 pm Last Tuesday, a scientist working in a secure upper-floor laboratory in the University of Washington Medical Center’s South Lake Union……
December 9, 2019
Immunology Professor Dr. Michael Gale Jr. Named one of the Most Highly Cited Researchers of 2019.
For the third year in a row, Dr. Michael Gale Jr. remains one of the most highly cited researchers in the world. Dr. Gale is a Professor with the University of Washington Department of Immunology, as well as the Director of the Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease (CIIID). This highly anticipated annual list……
October 26, 2018
Dr. Michael Gale Jr., receives the UW School of Public Health’s 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award
Michael Gale Jr. (PhD, UW Pathobiology, ’94) will receive the UW School of Public Health’s 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award — the School’s highest honor, which recognizes distinguished service and achievement in public health. Dr. Gale’s innovative research has had a profound impact on global health, and he is highly sought after as a mentor. He is……
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