Derek McKay

Director

Calvin, Phoebe & Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases

Professor

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

PhD

The Queen's University of Belfast, N. Ireland, 1990

BSc (Hons)

The Queen's University of Belfast, N. Ireland, 1987


Contact information

Phone

Office: 403. 220.7362

Location

Office : HSC1877

Research

Research Interests

  • Analysis of the control of mucosal immunity following infection with a tapeworm parasite and how knowledge of helminth-host interaction can be used to formulate new approaches to anti-inflammatory disease.
  • Assessment of human regulatory macrophage biology and mechanisms of wound repair and suppression of inflammation.
  • Impact of metabolic stress on gut form and function, particularly epithelial-bacterial interaction.
  • Analysis of epithelial mitochondrial function with a focus on the regulation of mitochondrial network remodeling.

Publications

PubMed link

Vickie Li
MSc student
shuhua.li@ucalgary.ca

James Sousa (primary supervisor: Maitreyi Raman)
MSc student
james.sousa@ucalgary.ca

Sruthi Rajeev
PhD student
sruthi.rajeev1@ucalgary.ca

Blanca Callejas Pina, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
blanca.callejaspina@ucalgary.ca

Rujuta Deshpande, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
rujuta.deshpande@ucalgary.ca

Saranya Navaneetha Krishnan
Postdoctoral Fellow
saranya.navaneethakr@ucalgary.ca

Arthur Wang
Lab Manager
fhawang@ucalgary.ca