Peiman Hematti
Credentials: Medicine Department
Position title: Role of macrophages in Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy
Email: hematti@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-0106
Address:
4033 Wi Institute Medical Research
1111 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53705
LAB WEBSITE:
FOCUS GROUPS:
Cancer Biology; Immunology
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
Peiman Hematti, MD is Professor of Medicine in section of Hematology/Oncology, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, with joint appointments in departments of pediatrics, surgery and biomedical engineering. His clinical research interest is in the prevention and treatment of graft versus host disease and other post-transplant immunological complications, novel cellular therapies for cancer treatment, and use of bone marrow stem cells in regenerative medicine. Dr. Hematti’s laboratory research focuses on immunobiology of stem cell transplantation with a special focus on investigating the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties of a unique type of macrophages discovered in his lab. He is collaborating with many investigators on the UW-campus studying the potential of cellular therapy in many different pre-clinical models.