Next Week's DSS - Dr. Kathyrn Haskins

The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will be presented by Dr. Kathyrn Haskins, professor in the integrated department of immunology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus.

The lecture, titled "Pathogenic CD4 T Cells in Type 1 Diabetes and Their Autoantigens," will take place April 5, 2012, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium on USA's main campus.

Dr. Haskins' research is focused on the mechanisms and regulation of pathogenesis in the NOD mouse model of type 1 diabetes (TID) and the role of CD4 T cells in the disease process.

Dr. Haskins received a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from the University of Kansas and completed postdoctoral training in immunology at National Jewish Hospital in Denver.

For more information on Dr. Haskins' research, click here.