DR. KAMALA PATEL

 

Professor and Chair, Immunology Research Group,

Affiliations:  Member, Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation

Research Interests:

Our lab is focused on understanding the mechanisms that regulate leukocyte trafficking during inflammation.

Leukocytes are essential mediators of host defense. During inflammation, large numbers of leukocytes leave the bloodstream and traffic into the tissue where they rapidly and effectively locate and destroy invading microorganisms. Although leukocytes are critical for normal host defense, many diseases are characterized by uncontrolled inflammation. Chronic inflammatory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis, have an enormous impact on the quality of life for millions of Canadians and cost billions of dollars annually in direct health care expenditures and lost productivity.

 

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Personnel:

Evelyn Lailey	Research Technician
Hong Zhang	Research Technician
Erin Bowley	Research Associate
Ritu Sharma	PhD graduate student
Leslie Cooper	Administrative Assistant

 

 

 

 

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Contact Information:

The University of Calgary
Room 1847, Health Sciences Centre
3330 Hospital Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 2V1
Phone: (403) 220-2746
Fax: (403) 283-1267
Laboratory: (403) 220-4023
email:kpatel [at] ucalgary [dot] ca