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Mandy Ford, Ph.D.
Surgery
- Ph.D., Emory University, 2004
- B.S., University of Geogia, 1999
Phone: (404) 727-8560
Address: 5105 Woodruff Memorial Research Building
Email: Mandy.Ford@emory.edu
Research Interests: My primary research interests lie in the investigation of the conditions under which T cells become activated in the absence of CD28- and CD40- mediated costimulatory signals in experimental murine models of transplantation. My current projects focus around three primary means by which antigen-specific CD8+ T cells may accomplish this: 1) having a high initial donor-reactive T cell precursor frequency, 2) having a high affinity/avidity for alloantigen, and 3) having an altered activation threshold as a result of prior stimulation with antigen (i.e. memory status).
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