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November 22, 2021

Annual Immunology Newsletter 2021

Read our 2021 Immunology Newsletter for a special message from the Interim Chair, graduate program update, a spotlight on our postdocs, highlights from our labs and more. Please consider making a gift to the Immunology Fund for Excellence at the link below. Make a Gift   Read more


November 5, 2021

Congratulations Dr. Fahd Al Qureshah!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Fahd Al Qureshah, Immunology graduate student in the Rawlings Lab, for the successful defense of his dissertation on November 2, 2021, at 11 am via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of his defense was “Activated PI3Kδ signaling in humoral immunity” – Congratulations Fahd! Read more


October 29, 2021

UW Immunology Ranked No. 7 Among Global Universities

The UW Immunology Department is now ranked No. 7 among some of the most prestigious immunology programs in the world. Check out the full Immunology rankings list… In Addition, the University of Washington moved up one spot to No. 7 on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings, released on October 26,……


October 21, 2021

Immunology Welcomes Tribal Council Vice Chair Loni Greninger of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in Special Seminar on Allyship

October 19, 2021. The Department of Immunology was honored to host Loni Greninger, MPA, Tribal Council Vice Chair, of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe for a IMMUN 573 Special Seminar, organized by the Immunology Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Greninger delivered a powerful talk on history and allyship, including the history and resilience of the Jamestown……


October 13, 2021

NPR talks with Dr. Marion Pepper on Breakthrough COVID

Interim Chair Dr. Marion Pepper talks with NPR about breakthrough COVID.  Read or Listen to the story here: Read more


September 3, 2021

Immunology Interim Chair Featured in The Atlantic on What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity

Check out the latest article in The Atlantic featuring Dr. Marion Pepper, PhD, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the University of Washington Department of Immunology.  The Atlantic: What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity Reports of vaccines’ decline have been greatly overstated. By Katherine J. Wu [EXCERPT] Checking someone’s SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels when there’s……


September 1, 2021

Welcome New Interim Chair Dr. Marion Pepper

A huge THANK YOU to Dr. Joan Goverman for 11 years of service as Chair of the UW Department of Immunology. As Dr. Goverman steps down, we welcome Dr. Marion Pepper as she takes up the role as Interim Chair. Read more


August 12, 2021

Publication Alert – Immunology study shows antiviral variant outwits several dangerous viruses.

Congratulations to the Ram Lab on the international, multi-institutional study led by Frank W. Soveg, PhD, a recent graduate student in the Ram Lab and Johannes Schwerk, PhD, acting instructor, and senior author Dr. Ram Savan, Associate Professor in immunology at the UW School of Medicine. All are also members of the UW Center for……


August 4, 2021

Congratulations Dr. Kerri Thomas!

The Department of Immunology is pleased to congratulate Dr. Kerri Thomas, Immunology graduate student in the Rawlings Lab, for the successful defense of her dissertation on July 27, 2021, at 10 am via Zoom, in Seattle, Washington. The title of her defense was “Activated interleukin-7 receptor signaling drives B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in mice” –……


July 14, 2021

Dr. Jakob von Moltke: 2021 Regeneron New Investigator Award for Excellence

Congratulations to Immunology Assistant Professor Dr. Jakob von Moltke! Dr. von Moltke was named one of five winners of the 2021 Regeneron New Investigator Awards for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research (formerly the Milstein Young Investigator Awards). More info on the award here.  Way to go Jakob! Read more



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