Angus W. Thomson, PhD, DSc

Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Immunology

Professor, Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Thomson's publications can be reviewed through PubMed.

Regulation of the immune response and design of immunosuppressive therapy; mechanism of action of immune suppressants; immune mechanisms in transplant rejection and autoimmune disease.
Liver transplantation tolerance
Cellular immunology, molecular biology and genetic engineering of dendritic cells with special regard to their tolerogenic properties.
The roles of cytokines and adhesion molecules in inflammation and immunity.

Awards & Honors

Elected Fellow of The American Society of Transplantation, 2015
International Liver Transplantation Society/Transplantation Society Mentor/Mentee Award, 2013
University of Pittsburgh Provost’s University-Wide Mentoring Award, 2013, 2014
American Society of Transplantation Mentoring Award, 2011
Pitt Innovator, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
Elected Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (The National Academy of Scotland), 2007
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK), 2005
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, 2004
Founding Associate Editor, American Journal of Transplantation, 2000-present
Novartis Established Investigator Award in Basic Science (American Society of Transplantation), 2000
Who’s Who in the East and Who’s Who in American Science, 1992-present
Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (U.K.) (FRCPath), 1991
Fellowship of the Institute of Biology (FI Biol) (London), 1986

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