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 leads 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.
From 2006-2008, Dr. Lord led the graduate program 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.
2013 Oct 23
Gerber SA, Lim JY, Connolly KA, Sedlacek AL, Barlow ML, Murphy SP, Egilmez NK, Lord EM. "Radio-responsive tumors exhibit greater intratumoral immune activity than non-responsive tumors." International journal of cancer. Journal international du
cancer. 2013 Oct 23; Epub 2013 Oct 23. |
2013 Oct
Sedlacek AL, Gerber SA, Randall TD, van Rooijen N, Frelinger JG, Lord EM. "Generation of a dual-functioning antitumor immune response in the peritoneal cavity." The American journal of pathology. 2013 Oct; 183(4):1318-28. Epub 2013 Aug 08. |
2011 Oct 28
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 Oct 28; 373(1-2):111-26. Epub 2011 Aug 18. |
2010 Feb 15
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." The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2010 Feb 15; 184(4):1858-66. Epub 2010 Jan 08. |
2009 Jun
Cummings RJ, Mitra S, Foster TH, Lord EM. "Migration of skin dendritic cells in response to ionizing radiation exposure." Radiation research.. 2009 Jun; 171(6):687-97. |
