Associate Professor
Tereza Martinu
MD
Location
University Health Network
Address
585 University Ave, 11-128 , Peter Munk Building, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2N2
Research Interests
Adaptive Immunity, Autoimmunity, Innate Immunity, Transplantation Immunology, T-cells, Human Immunology
Accepting
Grad Students Must First Apply Through Department
Dr. Martinu’s research focuses on mechanisms of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). CLAD is the main obstacle to long-term survival after lung transplantation and it remains an untreatable and poorly understood condition. Dr. Martinu studies the role of Th17, IL-17, and other related cells and molecules, as well as epithelial injury in the development of airway and lung parenchymal fibrosis in animal models of lung transplantation. Dr. Martinu also runs several translational human studies that assess CLAD mechanistic pathways in research samples obtained from lung transplant patients.