Professor Giovanna Lombardi
Professor of Human Transplant Immunology
Research interests
- Immunology
Biography
Giovanna Lombardi is Professor of Human Transplant Immunology in the School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences. Her research has focused on the mechanisms of transplant rejection and tolerance as well as on the phenotype and function of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells (Tregs) in health and disease, both in the murine system and in man. Under her leadership, Tregs have been applied in the clinic for the treatment of transplant patients.
Research
Lombardi Group
Our interest is in immunoregulation and in particularly in the biology and clinical translation of regulatory T cells in preventing graft rejection and cure autoimmune diseases or any other inflammatory situation.
Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy
Cancer Immunology represents a broad field of research that studies host-tumour interactions as therapeutic targets in the treatment of cancer.
Project status: Ongoing
Prenatal ThERapy for SIckle CelL disEaSe (PERICLES)
To generate new knowledge about stakeholders' views on prenatal therapy for Sickle Cell Disease, identify ethical issues and establish protocols for support.
Project status: Ongoing
Regulatory T Cells in Pregnancy Adverse Outcomes (Rutepo)
Tregs play a critical role in maintaining immune tolerance during pregnancy, and their dysfunction has been associated with pregnancy complications.
Project status: Ongoing
Research
Lombardi Group
Our interest is in immunoregulation and in particularly in the biology and clinical translation of regulatory T cells in preventing graft rejection and cure autoimmune diseases or any other inflammatory situation.
Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy
Cancer Immunology represents a broad field of research that studies host-tumour interactions as therapeutic targets in the treatment of cancer.
Project status: Ongoing
Prenatal ThERapy for SIckle CelL disEaSe (PERICLES)
To generate new knowledge about stakeholders' views on prenatal therapy for Sickle Cell Disease, identify ethical issues and establish protocols for support.
Project status: Ongoing
Regulatory T Cells in Pregnancy Adverse Outcomes (Rutepo)
Tregs play a critical role in maintaining immune tolerance during pregnancy, and their dysfunction has been associated with pregnancy complications.
Project status: Ongoing