DeLisa Fairweather, Ph.D.
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Baltimore, MD
Research Interests/Grant support:
Research interests: Immunotoxicology; cardiovascular disease; autoimmunity; inflammation; innate immunity; mast cells; macrophages; heart failure; sex differences; tolerance; allergy; smoking; toxins
Grant support: 1 R01 HL087033-01, NIH, NHLBI, 1/01/07-12/31/11, Regulating heart disease: the adjuvant effect of viral infection; PA-08-19, 7/1/09 - 12/31/11, NIH, NHLBI, Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-related Research; NOT-OD-09-056, 7/15/09 – 6/30/11, NIH, NHLBI, Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements
Relevant Experience:
Professional Memberships: American Association of Immunologists (AAI), Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), Society of Toxicology (SOT), Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD), American Heart Association (AHA)
Ad hoc Reviewer: Grants: NIH Vascular Biology, Lipoproteins & Atherosclerosis Study Sections 2008-09; AHA Study Section on Immunology & Virology 2009-10; Italian Ministry of Health 2009; Medical Research Council of South Africa 2009; Swiss National Science Foundation 2009; Journals: American Journal of Pathology, Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders- Drug Targets, European Journal of Immunology, Immunology & Cell Biology, Journal of Asthma & Allergy, Journal of Immunology, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, Recent Patents on Inflammation & Allergy Drug Discovery, Viral Immunology, etc.
