Professional Bio
Dr. Phipps has authored or co-authorized over 190 articles, and numerous book chapters and reviews concerning control of normal and malignant B lymphocyte activation, cellular and molecular characterization of fibroblasts as mediators of inflammation, wound healing and fibrosis, Graves ophthalmopathy, and platelet biology. He is on the editorial board of Clinical Immunology and PPAR Research and is an ad hoc reviewer for many journals including the Journal of Clinical Investigation, American Journal of Pathology, PNAS, Trends in Immunology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Journal of Immunology. Dr. Phipps is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, The American Physiological Society, The American Association of Immunologists, The American Society of Clinical Pathology, the American Thoracic Society and The American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served on numerous review committees for the NIH and other government agencies.
Dr. Phipps was awarded three patents; immunologic conjugates of gram-negative bacterial autoinducer molecules, antibodies raised against immunogenic conjugates of gram-negative bacterial autoinducer molecules, and method for detecting a gram-negative bacterial autoinducer molecule. Dr. Phipps has received numerous awards and honors including the Arthur Kornberg Research Award, Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation Faculty Scholar, and the University of Rochester Pre and Postdoctoral Student Mentoring Award.
Dr. Phipps has dedicated his career to advancing biomedical research and training pre and postdoctoral students. His research studying prostaglandins, cytokines, and fibroblasts have contributed to a better understanding of B cell lymphoma, Graves Disease, and inflammatory processes.
Patient Care Bio
Dr. Phipps' research investigates several diseases involving immune and inflammatory components. He studies B cells and B cell lymphomas and how they are influenced by lipid mediators called prostaglandins. His laboratory also studies abnormal inflammatory and wound healing responses in the orbit of the eye (thyroid eye disease) and the lung (scarring) that involve fibroblast biology. Finally, he and his colleagues study platelets and their emerging role in inflammatory diseases such as diabetes and lung disease.
| Dean's Professor of Environmental Medicine | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY |
2008 - 2012 |
| Toxicology Student Award for Teaching | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY |
2007 |
| Excellence in Research Award | University of Rochester | Rochester, NY |
2006 |
| Faculty Award for Mentoring Pre-Doctoral students and Post-Doctoral Fellows | University of Rochester, Rochester, NY |
2002 |
| Arthur Kornberg Research Prize, University of Rochester | Rochester, NY |
1998 |
| Distinguished Alumni Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship | Medical College of Virginia |
1993 |
| Featured speaker-Second Interlaken Conf on Prostaglandins & Leukotrienes | Interlaken Conference Organizers |
1992 |
| Travel Fellowship: NIH Conf on molecular biological approaches to rheumatic diseases | National Institute of Arthritis, Arthritis Foundation Travel Fel | Rochester, NY |
1986 |
| Travel Fellowship to attend Amer Rheumatism Asso Mtg | Arthritis Found/Merck, Sharp & Dohme Travel Fellowship |
1986 |
| Arthritis Foundation Investigatorship | Arthritis Foundation | Rochester, NY |
1984 - 1987 |
| Arthritis Foundation Fellowship | Arthritis Foundation | Rochester, NY |
1982 - 1984 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Div of Immunology, Duke University Med Ctr, NIH Rese |
1981 - 1982 |
| First Prize, Virginia Academy of Science, Microbiology Section, | Virginia Academy of Science, Microbiology Section |
1980 |
| Predoctoral Fellowship, Training in Cancer Etiology and Treatment | Department of Microbiology, The Medical College of Virginia, NIH |
1979 - 1980 |
| Postgraduate Scholar at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Au |
1979 - 1980 |
| Predoctoral Fellowship, Infectious Disease | Department of Microbiology, The Medical College of Virginia, NI |
1977 - 1979 |
| Graduated magna cum laude | Loyola College, Baltimore, MD |
1977 |
| Loyola College Scholarship, Maryland Senatorial Scholarship, Cummins Engine Company Scholarship, 1973-1977. |
1973 - 1977 |
