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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships in
Transplantation Immunology and Stem Cell Biology

University of Louisville, School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky

The University of Louisville has been awarded a National Institutes of Health training grant in Transplantation Immunology and Stem Cell Biology. A team of internationally recognized researchers with strong records in training productive scientists in immunology and transplantation has been formed to lead this research program.

The Mentors

Research trainees select an established mentor whose area of research matches well with their own career goals. The faculty mentors are:


Pascale Alard, Ph.D.   Immune regulation in autoimmune disorders
Haribabu Bodduluri, Ph.D.   Chemokines in Inflammatory Diseases
Doug Dean, Ph.D.          Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Paul Epstein, Ph.D.  

Diabetes/ animal models

Gary N Foulks, M.D., F.A.C.S.   Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Yiming Huang, MD  

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Suzanne T. Ildstad, MD   Bone marrow transplantation/ tolerance induction
Irving Gilbert Joshua, Ph.D.   Hypertension/ aging     
Hank Kaplan, MD          Immune privilege/ Stem cell plasticity/ Transplantation
Michele M. Kosiewicz, Ph.D.                   Tolerance/ Regulatory T cells/ Autoimmunity
James W. Lillard, Jr., Ph.D. M.B.A.   Chemokine Immunobiology
Craig J. McClain, M.D.              

Liver transplantation/ alcohol-induced damage

Thomas C. Mitchell, PhD   Immune memory/ Molecular aspects of adjuvant action         
Susan Muldoon, PHD, MPH   Epidemiology and Population Health
Marius Z. Ratajczak, PhD           Tissue committed stem cells/ Chemokines
Haval Shirwan, PhD   Tolerance/ Novel protein immunotherapeutics
Robert D. Stout, PhD   Macrophage and aging
Jill Suttles, PhD              Signaling in macrophage function/ Arteriosclerosis
Tongalp H. Tezel, MD   Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
David J. Tollerud, M.D., M.P.H.    Epidemiology/ Cytokines and environmental toxins   
Scott R. Whittemore, PhD          Neural stem cell biology/ spinal cord injury repair
Hong Xu, MD   Transplantation tolerance
Jun Yan, PhD   Regulation of autoreactive B cells
Esma Yolcu, PhD          

Bone marrow transplantation/Autoimmunity/GVHD

 

The training committee invites applications. Highly competitive salaries and state of the art research facilities are provided. The candidates must have a Ph.D. or M.D, and be US citizens, non-citizen nationals or lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Please submit a CV, 3 letters of recommendation and a statement of your specific research interests to:

Frances Chapman, Administrative Officer, ICT, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 570 South Preston Street, Ste 404, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1760.

Institute for Cellular Therapeutics
University of Louisville . 570 South Preston Street, Suite 404 . Louisville, KY 40202-1706 .< 1-877-453-7823
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