Tumor Immunology

Tumor Immunology includes studies of how the immune system influences the development of tumors, natural control of tumors, and perhaps most notably the use of the immune system as a treatment strategy as is the case in immunotherapy.  Research programs in the Progam in Immunology span the gamut of basic research on the tumor microenvironment to designing and implementing clinical trials at one of the nation’s leading comprehensive cancer centers, the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. Investigators in the Program in Immunology with a research focus on Tumor Immunology include: