Fadi Issa DPhil

Fadi is a researcher based in the Transplantation Research Immunology Group (TRIG) and the John Radcliffe Hospital respectively. He qualified in Medicine from the University of Oxford and completed my DPhil at the Nuffield Department of Surgery. His research interests are focused on manipulating the immune system with a view to improving outcomes after transplantation.Together with Dr Paul Harden and Professor Peter Friend, he was currently investigating regulatory T cell (Treg) therapy in renal transplantation in the Phase IIb TWO Study.

He was also particularly interested in the immunometabolism of T lymphocytes as well as the mechanisms of rejection and regulation of vascularised composite allograft (VCA) and skin transplants. His work forms part of a number of successful collaborative studies with other members of TRIG, the NDS and the Oxford Transplant Center.