Tumor Biology & Tumor Immunology

  • Jonathan M. Irish, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Scientific Director, Cancer & Immunology Core
    Scientific Director, Mass Cytometry Center of Excellence

    Cancer, Precision Medicine, Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Single Cell Tools

  • Mary Philip, M.D., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Division of Hematology/Oncology
    Assisant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Hematology, Cancer Immunology, T cells, Epigenetics, Autoimmunity, Differentiation

  • Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Ph.D.

    MPI Associate Director
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Immunobiology
    Director, Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology

    T cell metabolism in inflammation and anti-tumor immunity

  • Mark R. Boothby, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Medicine

    Understanding signal transduction and transcription regulation mechanisms that control our immunity against microbes - or lead to autoimmunity or cancer when the balance goes awry

  • Ivelin S. Georgiev, Ph.D.

    Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)
    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Computer Science

    Computational immunology and virology

  • Sebastian Joyce, Ph.D.

    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Dorothy B. and Theodore R. Austin Chair in Pathology

    Antigen presentation and recognition by immune cells

  • Simon A. Mallal, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.A.

    Director, Vanderbilt Center for Translational and Clinical Immunology
    Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
    Major E.B. Stahlman Chair in Infectious Diseases and Inflammation
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

    Immunometabolism & Metabolic Diseases, Tumor Biology & Tumor Immunology

  • Keith T. Wilson, M.D.

    Thomas F. Frist Sr. Chair in Medicine
    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Professor of Medicine Professor of Cancer Biology
    Director, Center for Mucosal Inflammation and Cancer

    Host immune response to the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori 

  • Claudio A. Mosse, M.D., Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    Hematopathology, Vascular Disease & Renal Pathology, Tumor Biology & Tumor Immunology

  • Deborah A. Lannigan, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
    Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
    Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

    Signaling pathways involved in mammary gland homeostasis and breast cancer