Garnett H. Kelsoe
Garnett H. Kelsoe

Garnett H. Kelsoe

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Immunology

Overview

1. Lymphocyte development and antigen-driven diversification of immunoglobulin and T cell antigen receptor genes.
2. The germinal center reaction and mechanisms for clonal selection and self - tolerance. The origins of autoimmunity.
3. Interaction of innate- and adaptive immunity and the role of inflammation in lymphoid organogenesis.
4. The role of secondary V(D)J gene rearrangment in lymphocyte development and malignancies.
5. Mathematical modeling of immune responses, DNA motifs, collaborations in bioinformatics.
6. Humoral immunity to influenza and HIV-1.

Positions

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Immunology in the School of Medicine

2001 School of Medicine

Professor of Integrative Immunobiology in the School of Medicine

1998 School of Medicine

Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine

2020 School of Medicine

Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute in the School of Medicine

2006 School of Medicine

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

1998 School of Medicine

Education

D.Sc. 1979

1979 Harvard University

Publications, Grants & Awards

Offices & Contact

Room 2243 Duke@RTP
Durham, NC
27703
Room 2243 Duke@RTP
Durham, NC
27703