Grant Gallagher, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. Director of HUMIGEN LLC, the Institute for Genetic Immunology and Head of the Genetic Immunology Laboratory

• Ph.D. graduate of the Department of Immunology at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland; thesis title: “The construction of functional human T-cell hybrids”.
• Previous appointments include faculty positions as Lecturer at University of Strathclyde department of Immunology (1986-1990), Reader at University of Glasgow Department of Surgery (1990 - 2001) and Professor at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Department of Oral Biology (2001 - 2006).
• Adjunct appointments include Associate Scientist at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research (1990 - 1993) and Director for Research at the UMDNJ Center for BioDefense (2003 - 2006).
• Co-Editor of “Genes and Immunity”, published by the Nature Publishing Group.
• Mentor of eight Ph.D. graduates and nine M.Phil. graduates.
• Author of 74 peer-reviewed publications, 73 published abstracts and eight book chapters.
• Currently directing the HUMIGEN Team of 8 individuals in understanding the functional genetics of human cytokines, the functional analysis of immunoregulatory proteins, and the immunogenetic analysis of human autoimmune disease.