Dr. Kevin Couper

Biography

Kevin Couper is a Professor of Immunology at the University of Manchester, based at the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation and the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre. His main research interests include malaria pathogenesis, focusing on the processes that lead to severe malarial disease and cerebral malaria. Through the use of murine models and human blood tissue samples, his group investigates the immunological mechanisms that contribute to susceptibility and resistance to malaria infection. Additionally, he explores the immune response in brain tumors, particularly glioblastoma, aiming to understand how specific immune cell populations within the tumor microenvironment affect tumor growth and treatment outcomes. Couper is also involved in identifying targeted therapies for NF2-related schwannomatosis, an inherited condition characterized by the development of multiple tumors in the nervous system.

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