Dr. Hamid BassiriDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Biography
Dr. Bassiri completed his Ph.D. in Immunology and his M.D. at the Perelman
School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He then pursued a
residency in General Pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases
at the Childrenââ¬â¢s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He was appointed as an
Assistant Professor at Penn in 2013, and now provides inpatient pediatric
infectious disease consultations at CHOP and specializes in the care of
immunocompromised children. Over the last several years, he has been studying
the development and function of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells. His
laboratory is now involved in several research projects: 1) Delineating how iNKT
cells mediate tumor immunosurveillance; 2) Developing novel cellular
immunotherapies for cancer and infection; 3) Characterizing the cytokine release
syndrome associated with T cell adoptive transfer immunotherapies; 4)
Understanding the mechanisms of T cell exhaustion in chronic infections; 5)
Examining the effects of polyamine depletion on the neuroblastoma tumor
microenvironment.
Research Interest
Invariant natural killer T cell development and function, Cellular immunotherapy for cancer and infection, Mechanisms of T cell exhaustion, Role of polyamines in tumor growth