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Martina Damo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago, where she conducts research on immune checkpoint receptors and their roles in immunological tolerance. She earned her PhD in Bioengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Immunobiology at Yale University. Her research interests include adaptive immunity, immune-related adverse events associated with checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, liver immunology, regulation of T cells in peripheral tissues, and skin immunology. At Yale, Damo's work focused on how T cell tolerance can be affected by physiological and pathological conditions, particularly in cancer therapy. She aims to identify pathways that can be targeted to enhance therapeutic efficacy while minimizing side effects in cancer patients. Damo joined the University of Chicago faculty in October 2023 and has published numerous papers on the subject, contributing significantly to the field of cancer immunology.
Yale University • New Haven, CT
Completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Immunobiology.
University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine.
Department of Philosophy