Haydn Kissick, PhD

Research Program

Cancer Immunology
Email Address

haydn.kissick@emory.edu

Biography

Haydn T. Kissick, PhD, is an 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.

Titles & Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Urology

Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Emory University School of Medicine

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.

Grants

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Grant Number	Title
1R01AI162633-01	SAMHD1 mediated dNTP regulation and HIV in myeloid cells
2R01AI136581-06A1	Lentivirus Replication Strategy and Pathogenesis
2R01AI141327-06A1	Structural and Chemical Analysis of Highly Potent ALLINI Platform
3R01CA254403-05S1	Elucidating SAMHD1 in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
3R01CA254403-05S2	Elucidating SAMHD1 in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
5R01AI136581-07	Lentivirus Replication Strategy and Pathogenesis
5R01AI136581-08	Lentivirus Replication Strategy and Pathogenesis
5R01AI141327-07	Structural and Chemical Analysis of Highly Potent ALLINI Platform
5R01AI162633-02	SAMHD1 mediated dNTP regulation and HIV in myeloid cells
5R01AI162633-03	SAMHD1 mediated dNTP regulation and HIV in myeloid cells
5R01AI162633-04	SAMHD1 mediated dNTP regulation and HIV in myeloid cells
5R01AI162633-05	SAMHD1 mediated dNTP regulation and HIV in myeloid cells
5R01AI183455-02	Investigating alveolar macrophages in PLWH as targets for HIV persistence, residual inflammation and immune activation
5R01CA254403-05	Elucidating SAMHD1 in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair

Publications

Dr. Kissick's work has been published in leading biomedical journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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