Professional Bio
Dr. Edith Lord is the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Lord received her BA degree in microbiology from the University of Kansas in 1970 and a Ph.D degree in immunology from the University of California at San Diego in 1975. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Lord leds the School of Medicine and Dentistry's Ph.D., postdoctoral and master's degree programs. As a faculty member since 1976, Dr. Lord has demonstrated excellence as a scientist and dedication to her position as Senior Associate Dean.
Since 2006, Dr. Lord has led graduate studies programs in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. She also directs the school's Post-baccalaureate Research and Education Program (PREP), which encourages underrepresented minorities to pursue a research doctorate and prepares them for careers as scientists and leaders in the biomedical community.
In her research, Dr. Lord focuses on the immune responses that can control tumor development and also studies the unique microenvironment present within growing tumors. She has published, as author and co-author, more than 100 scientific articles and continues her passion for research today.
2011
Valentino MD, Abdul-Alim CS, Maben ZJ, Skrombolas D, Hensley LL, Kawula TH, Dziejman M, Lord EM, Frelinger JA, Frelinger JG. "A broadly applicable approach to T cell epitope identification: application to improving tumor associated epitopes and identifying epitopes in complex pathogens." Journal of immunological methods. 2011 373(1-2):111-26. Epub 2011 Aug 18. |
2010
Sorensen EW, Gerber SA, Frelinger JG, Lord EM. "IL-12 suppresses vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 expression on tumor vessels by two distinct IFN-gamma-dependent mechanisms." Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 2010 184(4):1858-66. Epub 2010 Jan 08. |
2009
Cummings RJ, Mitra S, Foster TH, Lord EM. "Migration of skin dendritic cells in response to ionizing radiation exposure." Radiation research. 2009 171(6):687-97. |
2009
Lord EM. "Immunology at the university of Rochester." Immunologic research. 2009 45(2-3):97-9. Epub 2009 Feb 25. |
2009
Sorensen EW, Gerber SA, Sedlacek AL, Rybalko VY, Chan WM, Lord EM. "Omental immune aggregates and tumor metastasis within the peritoneal cavity." Immunologic research. 2009 45(2-3):185-94. Epub 2009 Feb 28. |
