Principal Investigator

Dr. David Hill is a physician-scientist an expert in experimental and translational immunology. David is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and a Pediatric Allergist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). David received his undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon University and his MD and PhD from Penn where he studied with Dr. David Artis and discovered a novel pathway by which intestinal commensal bacteria regulate allergic lung inflammation. David completed a residency in pediatrics and clinical fellowship in allergy and immunology at CHOP during which time he trained in clinical research with Dr. Jonathan Spergel and Dr. Robert Grundmeier and identified novel disease associations between allergic manifestations. David subsequently performed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Mitchell Lazar where he studied a unique macrophage population that regulates adipose tissue functions and metabolic homeostasis. David established his lab at Penn and CHOP in 2019.

David is a member of the Penn Immunology and Cell Biology graduate groups, the Penn MD/PhD Admissions Committee, and the CHOP Department of Pediatrics Research Council. David has authored over 50 manuscripts in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell, Nature Medicine, Science Translational Medicine, Cell Metabolism, Nature Communications, and Pediatrics. He is the PI for multiple foundation and NIH grants, is on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology where he sits on several interest committees and working groups related to food allergy and asthma. David has been the recipient of several awards including the American Society for Clinical Investigation Young Physician-Scientist Award, the Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award, and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Faculty Development Award.

David lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two children. He is an avid gardener and cook who is committed to promoting healthy communities and environments in Philly. David enjoys running the gardening club at his kids' school and organizing a soup group among neighbors on his block.