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People who work in Cancer immunology

People conducting research in this field, including the response of the host to cancer, and strategies to improve tumor surveillance.

Want to study for a PhD in this area? See the Immunology and Infectious Diseases graduate program.

Faculty
Name Email/phone Interests include:
Bonneau, Robert  
  • Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
rhb3@psu.edu
717-531-4078
   (Hershey) 		Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stress-induced, neuroendocrine-mediated modulation of the immune response to herpes simplex virus infections.
Hankey, Pamela (Pam)  
  • Associate Professor of Immunology
phc7@psu.edu
814-863-0128
   (University Park) 		Murine Stk receptor tyrosine kinase and its function in macrophage regulation and inflammation and in leukemic development.
Mastro, Andrea  
  • Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology
a36@psu.edu
814-863-0152
   (University Park) 		Breast cancer and the immune system; how metastatic, osteolytic breast cancer cells affect osteoblasts.
Ross, Catharine  
  • Professor in Nutritional Science and Occupant of Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair
acr6@psu.edu
814-865-4721
   (University Park) 		Vitamin A metabolism; hepatic retinoid function and gene expression; vitamin A in infection and immunity.
Schell, Todd  
  • Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
tschell@psu.edu
717-531-8169
   (Hershey) 		Cellular immune responses in the control of cancer. Investigation of CD8+ T lymphocyte response in unique tumor environments to define immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer.
Xiong, Na  
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
  • Director, Transgenic Mouse Facility
nux1@psu.edu
814-863-2933
   (University Park) 		Development and function of gamma/delta T cells, a class of immune cells with various roles in microbial immunity, inflammation regulation and tumor surveillance.