Ocular Immune Privilege and Retinal Immunobiology

Andrew W. Taylor, PhD, FARVO, Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, Ophthalmology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedesian School of Medicine

Dr. Taylor is currently the Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedesian School of Medicine. Dr. Taylor received his PhD from The Ohio State University in microbiology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. J. Wayne Streilein, MD, at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Then joined the Schepens Eye Research Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School. In 2010 joined the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at Boston University. The focus of Dr. Taylor’s talk will be on the mechanisms of ocular immune privilege and immunosuppression, and the application of these mechanisms in the treatment of ocular diseases.

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