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Martina Damo is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Medicine. She conducts research in the field of Cancer Biology and Immunology, specifically focusing on the mechanisms of adaptive immunity and immune-related adverse events resulting from checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy. Dr. Damo's work involves understanding how immune checkpoint receptors expressed on T cells contribute to immunological tolerance in physiological settings and how these processes can lead to immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in cancer patients. Stemming from her postdoctoral fellowship in Immunobiology at Yale University and her PhD in Bioengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), she has published multiple significant papers in renowned journals. Her research aims to identify pathways for T cell tolerance and to develop bioengineered therapies that could induce or prevent tolerance depending on disease conditions, ultimately working towards therapeutic strategies that limit irAEs in cancer treatment. Martina is also involved in graduate programs related to immunology and continues to teach and mentor students in her field.
Yale University • New Haven, CT
Postdoctoral fellowship in Immunobiology.
Department of Philosophy