Timothy Hand, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology

Education & Training

  • PhD, Yale University, 2009
  • Hon.B.Sc., University of Toronto, 2002

Research Interest Summary

Identification of the factors derived from host genetics, the environment (diet, infection etc.) and the microbiota that shape the activation, differentiation, regulation and survival of T cells in the GI tract.

Research Interests

Current Projects:

  • Characterization of memory T cell populations from the GI tract
  • Regulation of microbiota-specific effector/memory T cells
  • Role of environmental context (diet, infection etc.) in the development of T cell responses against the microbiota
  • Role of microbiota-specific T cells in the development of colon cancer
  • Investigation of the factors that determine immunogenicity in a common commensal organism