Thomas A. Wynn BA, PhD

Dr. Wynn is a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Immunopathogenesis Section of the Laboratory of Parasitic Disease, at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH in Bethesda, MD. His laboratory group uses a variety of in vivo model systems to study the immunological mechanisms of fibrosis. He has published over 200 papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the role of IL-13, IL-17A, and macrophages in the progression and resolution of liver and lung fibrosis and has developed in vivo models to test novel anti-fibrotic therapeutics.