100414 Elissa Deenick

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APDS is a rare inherited immune condition that has been reported in less than 300 people worldwide. So how could studying it help improve outcomes for the millions of people who live with autoimmune disease? Today, we meet Associate Professor Elissa Deenick, who is taking a deep dive into the genetics of immune cells to make sure no patient gets left behind.

Podcast

Join us for an interactive seminar on transforming immunology.

Public Seminar: Transforming Immunology

Associate Professor Elissa Deenick is co-lead of Garvan’s Precision Immunology Program. Her interests lie in lymphocyte activation and differentiation and how this is controlled to ensure protection against infection while avoiding harmful immune responses like allergy and autoimmunity. 

In this public seminar, Associate Professor Elissa Deenick will share powerful new insights from her recent study into the genetic causes of a rare immune disease known as APDS – and outline the next steps in her groundbreaking research.

Dr Shruti Swamy is a paediatric allergist and immunologist. Dr Swamy will share her experiences as a clinician and now a researcher, in search of new treatments for children with immune diseases.