Education & Training
- BS, Chemistry, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, 1986
- MD, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, 1990
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Barnes Hospital, Washington University, 1993
- Fellowship, Allergy/Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1998
- Fellowship, Critical Care/Pulmonary Medicine, NIH Bethesda and Johns Hopkins University, 2002
Research Interest Summary
Immunobiology of Lung Transplantation
Research Interests
CMV infection remains the most common infection in lung transplant recipients (LTRs) and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Dr McDyer’s research investigates T-bet, the T cell transcriptional factor to determine if it is necessary for protective CMV-specific immunity during acute and chronic CMV infection. To test this he uses both the murine CMV (MCMV) pulmonary infection model and the LTR cohort to study the role of T-bet in pulmonary and systemic CMV host defense and the development of protective T cell memory.