Departmental Focus
Immunology is the study of the immune system, the body's defense against infectious disease. In this complex system a defect in a single gene or the control of a single cell can have an enormous effect on the health of the individual. In this way, the immune system and cancer are similar. The Department of Immunology at St. Jude studies the biology of the system whose cells are a major source of childhood cancers, and by understanding these cells and how they are controlled, we gain new insights into such cancers.
Contact Us
Department of Immunology
MS 351, Room E7050
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: douglas.green@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-3488
Fax: (901) 595-5766
Preferred contact method: email
Faculty
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Hongbo Chi, PhD
Chi
Cellular signaling in innate and adaptive immunity
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Peter C. Doherty, PhD
Doherty
Molecular and cellular analysis of CD8+ T cells
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Douglas R. Green, PhD
Green
Apoptosis, autophage and mitochondria
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Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD
Kanneganti
Mechanisms of host defense and inflammation
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Maureen A. McGargill, PhD
McGargill
T-cell regulation to treat autoimmune disease
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Peter J. Murray, PhD
Murray
Control of inflammatory responses
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Paul G. Thomas, PhD
Thomas
Innate and adaptive immunity to influenza
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Benjamin A. Youngblood, PhD
Youngblood
T-cell memory differentiation and exhaustion
