Neeloffer Mookherjee
Ph.D.
- Accepting Students: Yes
- Research Category: Childhood Diseases
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Current Positions
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Immunology
CIHR Sex and Gender Science Chair - Respiratory & Circulatory Health
Chair WISDOM (Women in Science: Development, Outreach & Mentoring)
Biology of Breathing Research Group; Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Education
2004 – 2008 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2001 – 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Org., Saskatoon, Canada
1995 – 2001 Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Victoria, Canada
1990 – 1993 M.Sc. in Microbiology, University of Bombay, India
1986 – 1989 B.Sc. in Microbiology (Major), University of Bombay, India
Research Focus
Overall Vision: To advance the fundamental understanding of Molecular Processes in Chronic Inflammation, and harness the Biology of Cationic Host Defence Peptides to develop immunomodulatory therapy for chronic disease.
Specific Research Focus:
To define molecular processes in the regulation of inflammation, including biological sex-related differences, in chronic inflammatory disease, with focus on asthma.
To examine immunity related functions, including regulation of inflammation, by Cationic Host Defence Peptides (also known as antimicrobial peptides).
To develop small synthetic derivatives of host defence peptides, known as Innate Defence Regulator (IDR) Peptides, as immunomodulatory therapy for asthma.
To investigate impact of environmental pollutants of the lung and plasma proteome, in the context of chronic respiratory disease such as asthma.
Research Interests
- Immunology of lung inflammation
- Asthma
- Regulation of inflammation by host defense peptides
- Air Pollution
- Proteomics