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INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY FACULTY
| Lbachir BenMohamed, Ph.D. |
| Fields of Study: |
| Clinical immunology, humoral and cellular immune responses, Vaccine, Immunotherapy, Immuno-evastion, Herpes simplex virus, Neuroimmunology |
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| Research Interests: |
| Dr. BenMohamed is an Associate Professor of Immunology, the founder and the head of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California. He also holds a joint appointment with the Center of Immunology at UC Irvine and with Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center UCI Medical center.
Dr. BenMohamed received his Ph.D. in Immunology from the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France in 1997 where he worked as the key developer and co-inventor of a new promising vaccine strategy that uses mucosal delivery of clinically approved lipopeptide molecules.
Dr. BenMohamed has been involved in clinical immunology, humoral and cellular immune responses, epitope mapping, epitope improvement, and the development and optimization of sub-unit vaccines against several infectious diseases including malaria Plasmodium falciparum, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2).
Dr. BenMohamed is an independent immunologist, with a national and international reputation in vaccine development against both infectious diseases and cancer. Dr. BenMohamed is well integrated into the scientific community within the United States as well as Europe and is actively involved in a number of professional societies including American Association of Immunologists (AAI), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Society for Hematology (ASH), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). |
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| Office Address/Phone: |
The Gavin S. Herbert Eye Institute,
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Building 55-RM 202, 101, The City Drive, Orange, CA 92868-4380
(714) 456-7371 |
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| Lab Address/Phone: |
(714) 456-6465 |
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| Email: lbenmoha@uci.edu |
| Web Site: http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/uceye/benmohamed.htm |
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