Lecturer in Immunology
I am a Lecturer in Immunology in the School of Medicine. I teach first and second-year medical students, facilitate problem-based learning, and provide pastoral support.
The immune system is an awesome product of evolution and it's a privilege to talk about it – and further our understanding of it through research.
Teaching and supervision
Year 1: Adaptive Immunity, Clinical Immunity
Year 2: Diseases of the Immune System
Year 2: Diseases of the Immune System
Research interests for potential research students
Disorders of the immune system:
- Primary immunodeficiency
- Monogenic disorders causing immune dysregulation
- Autoimmunity
Research
- Finding the genetic causes and delineating the molecular mechanisms of novel primary immunodeficiencies
- Discovering the changes in the immune system that are associated with disease flare in patients with relapsing-remitting autoimmune diseases
- Developing therapies that restore self-tolerance in patients with autoimmune diseases
- Control of lymphocyte migration
- Signalling in lymphocyte development
- Regulation of T cell responses by dendritic cells