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
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
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