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Thomas Kipps
Affiliation: UCSD SOM
Professor of Medicine
tkipps@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858)534-5400Biography
1979-1982 Resident, Internal Medicine, Stanford U Medical Center, Stanford, CA. 1982-1985 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Hematology, Stanford U Medical Center, Stanford, CA. 1985-1989 Assistant Member, Department of Basic and Clinical Research, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA. 1988-1990 Co-Director, Flow Cytometry Center, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California. 1989-1990 Associate Member, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA. 1990-1994 Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, Univ of CA, San Diego, La Jolla, CA. 1991-1998 Director, Immunology Program 1993-2000 Associate Director, Gene Therapy Program, UCSD, La Jolla, CA. 1994-1998 Co. Director, Biologic Response Modifiers Program, UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA 1994-Present Professor, Dept of Medicine, Univ of CA, San Diego, La Jolla, CA. 1995-Present Head, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Univ of CA, San Diego, La Jolla, CA. 1998-2000 Director, Translational Oncology Program, UCSD Cancer Center 2000-Present Deputy Director of Research, UCSD Cancer Center
Research Summary
Dr. Kipps research focuses on 4 areas: 1) Human B cell physiology with emphasis on B cell antigen presentation, accessory molecules involved in cognate T-cell <-> B-cell interactions, signal transduction, and immunoglobulin gene expression, 2) Human B cell lymphoproliferative diseases with emphasis on pathogenic mechanisms, immunoglobulin gene expression, and innovative forms of immunotherapy, 3) In vitro or in vivo somatic cell transfection or transduction using plasmid DNA or viral expression vectors for gene immunotherapy of neoplastic disease, and 4) structure-function studies of immunoglobulin or accessory molecules involved in signal transduction or cognate cell-cell interactions. Dr. Kipps is deputy director of the UCSD Comprehensive Cancer Center, and also directs the CLL Research Consortium, a multi-institution research program sponsored by the National Cancer Institute to study chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The consortium brings together the nation's top scientists from different disciplines--genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, immunology and pharmacology--to conduct an integrated program of basic and clinical research focused on CLL.
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