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.
Research Bio
Dr. Phipps has authored or co-authorized over 170 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 is an ad hoc reviewer for many journals including the Journal of Clinical Investigation, American J. 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, and the American Thoracic Society. 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.
| 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 |
2013 May 17
Thatcher TH, Hsiao HM, Pinner E, Laudon M, Pollock SJ, Sime PJ, Phipps RP. "Neu-164 and Neu-107, two novel anti-oxidant and anti-myeloperoxidase compounds, inhibit acute cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation." American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular
physiology. 2013 May 17; Epub 2013 May 17. |
2013 Apr 5
McMillan DH, Woeller CF, Thatcher TH, Spinelli SL, Maggirwar SB, Sime PJ, Phipps RP. "Attenuation of inflammatory mediator production by the NF-?B member RelB is mediated by microRNA-146a in lung fibroblasts." American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular
physiology. 2013 Apr 5; Epub 2013 Apr 05. |
2013 Feb
Refaai MA, Carter J, Henrichs KF, Davidson DC, Pollock SJ, Casey AE, Spinelli SL, Phipps RP, Francis CW, Blumberg N. "Alterations of platelet function and clot formation kinetics after in vitro exposure to anti-A and -B." Transfusion. 2013 Feb 0; 53(2):382-93. Epub 2012 May 25. |
2013 Jan
Lannan KL, Sahler J, Spinelli SL, Phipps RP, Blumberg N. "Transfusion immunomodulation--the case for leukoreduced and (perhaps) washed transfusions." Blood cells, molecules & diseases. 2013 Jan 0; 50(1):61-8. Epub 2012 Sep 13. |
2013
Hsiao HM, Sapinoro RE, Thatcher TH, Croasdell A, Levy EP, Fulton RA, Olsen KC, Pollock SJ, Serhan CN, Phipps RP, Sime PJ. "A novel anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving role for resolvin D1 in acute cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation." PloS one. 2013 8(3):e58258. Epub 2013 Mar 06. |
