Haydn T. Kissick
PhD
Dr. Kissick's research focuses on understanding the basic mechanisms involved in the T-cell response to cancer.
Titles and Roles
- Assistant Professor, Department of Urology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Research Program
- Cancer Immunology
Biography
Haydn T. Kissick, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology with a joint appointment in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Kissick is a member of the Cancer Immunology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute and a member of the Emory Vaccine Center.
Education
Dr. Kissick received his PhD in Immunology from the University of Western Australia and completed his postdoctoral fellowship studying Cancer Immunology at Harvard Medical School.
Research
Dr. Kissick's research focuses on understanding the basic mechanisms involved in the T-cell response to cancer, and work from his lab has defined several new ideas relating to this process. His lab works closely with several members of Winship coordinating ongoing immunotherapy clinical trials and biomarker studies in patients with genitourinary cancers.
Publications
Dr. Kissick's work has been published in leading biomedical journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Awards
Dr. Kissick is the recipient of the following awards:
- Young Investigator Award, Prostate Cancer Foundation, 2014
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Program, 2013