Amir Horowitz

Amir Horowitz

Bsc. Cornell University, Plant Sciences
PhD. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Immunology and Parasitology

Dr Horowitz’s research focuses on the functional consequences of genetic variation in immune system genes. His initial training at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center combined virology and immunology to characterize innate and adaptive immune responses in patients receiving retroviral therapy. During his PhD, under the mentorship of Eleanor Riley at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, he characterized the role of NK cells as adaptive immune effector cells following vaccination. He joined the Parham lab in 2011 and is currently investigating the role of HLA and KIR in immune system function