Training Sites:

• University of Pennsylvania
• Wistar Institute

This NIH sponsored program offers training in a wide variety of cancer related areas of immunology including a) immune recognition, regulation, and tolerance; b) lymphocyte development; c) cell signalling and adhesion; and d) cancer immunotherapy. Training is centered around a research program conducted in the laboratory of one of the trainers. Cancer related training is supplemented by a number of seminar series, conferences, and retreats organized by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center and the immunology research community. Fellows also receive training in ethical and responsible conduct in research.

N.B. Only American citizens and resident aliens are eligible for training through this program.

Trainers:

• Warren Pear, M.D., Ph.D., Program Director
• Yvonne Paterson, Ph.D., Program Co-Director

• Steven Albelda, M.D., Pulmonary, School of Medicine
• David Michael Allman, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  
• Craig Bassing, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Avinash Bhandoola, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
  
• Janis Burkhardt, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Michael Cancro, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Martin Carroll, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, School of Medicine
• George Coukos, M.D., Ph.D., Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
• Alan Diehl, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
• Serge Fuchs, Ph.D., Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Mark Greene, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Stephan Grupp, M.D., Ph.D., Immunology, School of Medicine
• Dorothee Herlyn, D.V.M, Wistar Institute
• Xianxin Hua, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
• Carl June, M.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Rahul Kohli, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, Medicine and Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine
  
• Gary Koretzky, M.D., Ph.D., Immunology, School of Medicine
• Kristen Lynch, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine
• Michael May, Ph.D., Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Yvonne Paterson, Ph.D., Program Director
• Warren Pear, M.D., Ph.D., Program Director
• Ellen Pure, Ph.D., Wistar Institute
  
• James Riley, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Susan Ross, Ph.D., Microbiology, School of Medicine
• David Roth, M.D., Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Sandra Ryeom, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
  
• Celeste Simon, Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine
  Nancy Speck, Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine
• Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Robert Vonderheide, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, School of Medicine
• Mariusz Wasik, M.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Andrew Wells, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
• Xiaolu Yang, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
  

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Post-doctoral Fellowships:

Interested candidates should send curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to:

Elizabeth Thompson
Administrative Assistant
616 BRB II/III 421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160
Phone: (215) 746-8675
Fax: (215) 573-6725
teliza@exchange.upenn.edu

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