
Department of Immunology
Chair
Douglas R. Green, PhD
Departmental Focus
Immunology is the study of the immune system, the body¹s 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
Mark Bix, PhD Cytokine gene regulation in T-cell differentiation
Hongbo Chi, PhD Cellular signaling in innate and adaptive immunity
Mary Ellen Conley, MD Genetic disorders of B-cell development
Peter C. Doherty, PhD Molecular and cellular analysis of CD8+ T cells
Douglas R. Green, PhD Apoptosis, autophagy, and mitochondria
Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD Mechanisms of host defense and inflammation
Maureen Ann McGargill, PhD T-cell regulation to treat autoimmune disease
Peter J. Murray, PhD Control of inflammatory responses
Paul G. Thomas, PhD Innate and adaptive immunity to influenza
Dario A. A. Vignali, PhD Regulatory T cells and T-cell signaling