Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Distinguished Professor of Medicine · University of California, San Diego · company speakers →

Dr. Glass’s laboratory has had a long-standing interest in elucidating the molecular mechanisms by which sequence specific transcription factors, co-activators, and co-repressors regulate the development and function of macrophages. Current studies use a combination of genetics and genomics to define general molecular mechanisms that establish macrophage identity and cell-specific responses to homeostatic and pathogenic signals in mouse models and human subjects, with the goal to understand and modify pathological programs of macrophage gene expression that promote the development of atherosclerosis, diabetes, hepatitis, and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Glass’s many honors include the Endocrine Society’s Ernst Oppenheimer Award, and election to the Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014), the National Academy of Medicine (2015), and the National Academy of Sciences (2017). Dr. Glass was elected to the ASCI in 1995.

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