Jessy Deshane
Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
USA
Biography
Dr. Deshane is a pulmonary immunologist with expertise in immune regulation in asthma. She investigates Myeloid-Derived Regulatory Cell biology and free radical mechanisms that regulate their differentiation and function. She pioneered these investigations both in mouse models and human asthma. Dr. Deshane has authored 46 peer-reviewed publications, including high impact journals like Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigations, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Immunity and Cancer Research. She serves on the editorial boards for the journals Allergy and American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology and serves on grant review committees. Dr. Deshane is a Parker B Francis Fellow and funded by FAMRI and NIH.
Research Interest
Cell based effector mechanisms