Advancing knowledge of the body’s immune response to disease threats
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Inflammation occurs when the body’s immune system responds to a perceived threat. While beneficial in most cases, too much inflammation underlies a host of health conditions, from cardiovascular disease to arthritis to asthma.
Michigan Medicine researchers are engaged in understanding the immune system and its response at the molecular, cellular, and systemic levels, as well as actively pursuing new therapies that can regulate inflammation that causes disease.
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Professor of Visual Sciences
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Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director
Cardiology Transplant
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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Program Director, Internal Medicine
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Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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CHEAR
General Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
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Department of Biological Chemistry
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Department of Learning Health Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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