Biomedical Sciences to host seminar by Tulane’s Dr. Jay Kolls on June 12
On June 12, the SMHS Department of Biomedical Sciences will host a seminar by visiting lecturer Jay Kolls, MD, the John W. Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine at Tulane University. Dr. Kolls’s talk, entitled “Type 17 Immunity at Mucosal Surfaces,” will be held in SMHS Room E101 (Charles H. Fee, MD, Auditorium) from noon to 1 p.m.
Dr. Kolls earned his medical degree at the University of Maryland and completed his residency training in internal medicine/pediatrics at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Lou. After completing fellowships in adult and pediatric pulmonology at LSU and Tulane Health Sciences Center, respectively, Dr. Kolls performed his research fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Bruce Beutler at Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles. The major goal of Dr. Kolls’ research is to investigate mechanisms of mucosal host defenses in the lung in normal and immunocompromised hosts using genetic models. Presently, his lab is investigating how IL-23 and IL-17 and IL-22 regulate host defense against extracellular pathogens and epigenetic regulation of macrophage function. Additionally, he researches host susceptibility to opportunistic infection such as pneumocystis and is developing novel therapies against this pathogen. Dr. Kolls has been co-Chair and Chair of the Gordon Conference on the biology of Acute Respiratory Infection and has co-organized a Keystone symposia on Th17 cells and Asthma and COPD.
Everyone is welcome to attend.