Welcome
Our Mission
*Advance our knowledge of the basic immunology of inflammation, autoimmunity, cancer, transplantation and infection and to translate this new knowledge to novel strategies for diagnosis, prevention and therapeutic intervention.
*Foster collaborations and further strengthen interactions among the Penn community of immunologists.
Spotlights on IFI
*Please join us in congratulating the following faculty for their excellent achievements, they were awarded the 2022 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.*
- Dr. ChengCheng Jin – Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology – “A blueprint for neutrophil heterogeneity and reprogramming in cancer”
- Dr. Amelia Escolano - Assistant Professor, Vaccine &Immunotherapy Center, Wistar – “Manipulating Epitope Immunodominance and Tracking B-cell-Antigen Interactions for Vaccine Design”
$50 Million Gift to Accelerate Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn Medicine
We are very excited to announce a new transformative gift to UPenn Immunology to fight autoimmunity. Generous support from Judy and Stewart Colton will enable major new efforts to wage a "war on autoimmunity" using Immune Health and great science.