Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology and Philosophy at Wake Forest University. He did his PhD training at Harvard University, working on the innate immune response to Schistosoma-associated carbohydrates and their role in promoting Th2 responses.
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From there, he moved to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for a postdoctoral fellowship with Peter Doherty on T cell responses in the influenza model. In 2009, he started his own lab St. Jude, where his lab studied innate and adaptive immunity to viral infections. Subsequently he became the Bezos Family Distinguished Scholar in Viruses and Vaccines and the Immunology and Vaccine Development Program Director at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, WA. His work covers various topics, including decoding the specificity of the T cell receptor repertoire in infections and tumors, understanding the immunological basis of severe respiratory disease, and the interactions between innate and adaptive immune responses during various viral infections