Department of infection and Immunity

Department of Cardiovascular Science - Teaching, Research, Practice.

Picture of Professor Moira Whyte

Welcome

The Department of Infection and Immunity is led by Professor Moira Whyte and combines basic science research in molecular cell biology, with a particular focus on innate immunity in Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Renal Medicine, Rheumatology and Dermatology. The department is based within the Medical School and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. There is access to core facilities in proteomics and genomics, high quality Cell Biology, Containment Level 2 and 3 laboratories. Our clinical base is at both the Royal Hallamshire (Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Dermatology) and Northern General (Renal Medicine) Hospitals.

Our Research

Our Academic Units form the core of our research activities. They comprise both academic and clinical academic principal investigators with complementary research interests. Visit our “Research groups” section for more information on the extensive variety of research carried out within the department.

Our Teaching

Members of our department are actively involved in graduate and postgraduate teaching and research and host more than ?50 PhD/MD and MSc/BMedSci candidates for the duration of their studies. Visit our “postgraduate study opportunities” section for more information on the range of projects and courses on offer.

Research Groupings

Academic Unit of Dermatology Research

Academic Unit of Nephrology

Academic Unit of Rheumatology

Academic Unit of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine

News

Events

Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology opened by Nick Clegg. Read more here.

Sheffield students take part in meningitis study led by Prof Robert Read. Read more here.

Linda Kay attended the European Histamine Research Society (EHRS) meeting in Belfast (2-6 May) and co-chaired the session 'Mast cells and inflammation' with Professor Wilfried Lorenz. She was awarded 3rd prize for her poster entitled 'Characterization of the EP receptor expressed by human lung mast cells using novel EP recepor antagonists' based on work undertaken with Peter Peachell.

Departmental Seminars

Managing Difficult Lung Disease Meeting, September 2012

The Medical Research Summer Programme 2013