ITI Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Washington - Dept. of Immunology
Dr. Thornton Thompson obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California – Berkeley, where his graduate work in Dr. David Raulet’s lab focused on interactions between natural killer cells and the supportive tissue of the tumor microenvironment. Thornton has two areas of focus for his fellowship: type 2 immunity in colorectal cancer, and disease consequences of helminth/virus co-infections. “My future career goal is to form an independent laboratory focused on investigating how immune networks are co-opted in diseases,” said Dr. Thompson. “The ITI fellowship support will not only help me achieve my career goal but will also support my research on helminth infection that may reveal the biology underlying several long-standing global health inequities.” Dr. Thompson is mentored by Jakob von Moltke from UW Medicine Immunology and Jason Smith from UW Medicine Microbiology.