Dr. Shaun Jackson

Biography

Shaun Jackson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a Principal Investigator at Seattle Children's Hospital. His clinical focus is on diagnosing and managing infants, children, and adolescents with renal rheumatologic diseases, particularly autoimmune conditions at the interface of nephrology and rheumatology, such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and systemic vasculitis. Dr. Jackson holds a medical degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and completed post-doctoral studies in vascular biology at Harvard Medical School. He underwent pediatric residency training at Boston Children's Hospital and completed a dual fellowship in pediatric nephrology and rheumatology at Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington. His research centers on understanding the immune pathogenesis of human autoimmune diseases, with a specific emphasis on the role of B cells in SLE. Dr. Jackson's work has led to new insights into B cell-intrinsic signals associated with lupus pathogenesis and has contributed to the emerging paradigm of humoral autoimmunity, wherein B cells orchestrate initial breaks in immune tolerance.

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