Itmat Expertise

Understanding the role of HLA molecules in health and disease. Study the MHC for its genomic organization.

Education

B.S. (Biology), University of Patras, Greece, 1975
Ph.D. (Biochemistry/Immunology), Georgetown University, 1981

Specialty Certification

Postgraduate Training

Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1982-1984
Immunopathology Fellowship, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1984-1986

Awards and Honors

Member, Sigma XI Scientific Research Society, 1980
Fogarty International Fellowship (NIH), 1982
New Investigator Research Award (NIH), 1986
Top Downloaded Article-Human Immunology (Elsevier), 2010
ASHI Scholar Award (best abstract), 2010
Top Cited Article-Human Immunology (Elsevier), 2010
Top Downloaded Article-Human Immunology (Elsevier), 2011
ASHI Scholar Award (best abstract), 2015
ASHI Scholar Award (best abstract), 2016
EFI Top Downloaded Article in HLA-Immune response. (Elsevier), 2017
ASHI Distinguished Scientist Award (ASHI Annual meeting 2017), 2017
Endowed Chair: Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Clinical Laboratories and Pathology, 2019
ASHI Rose Payne Award (ASHI Annual meeting 2022), 2022

Memberships and Professional Organizations

American Association of Immunologists, 1984 - Present
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI), 1985 - Present
ASHI Subcommittee on Quality control of DNA based HLA typing, 1992 - 1994
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS), 1993 - Present
ASHI Abstract Reviewer, 2000 - Present
National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), 2003 - 2006
UNOS Histocompatibility Committee, 2010 - 2012
National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Ad Hoc Study Section, 2011 - 2012
ASHI Scientific Affairs Committee, 2013 - 2015
ASHI QAS committee (invited to assist in developing standards for HLA typing by NGS), 2013 - 2014
ASHI ARB (Accreditation Review Board) Asked to develop a Training Module for those who will inspect ASHI accredited laboratories for performing HLA typing by NGS., 2013 - 2014
NIH Study Section - Special Emphasis Panel NIAID - Loan Repayment Program, 2016 - Present
NIH Study Section - Special Emphasis Panel NINDS - Rapid Assessment of Zika Virus Complications, 2016 - 2017
Member of the Task Force on promoting the science of Immunogenetics among the ASHI membership. An initiative by the ASHI president., 2020 - Present
NIH Study Section - Scientific Review Group 2020/05 ZAI1 JA-I (M1), 2020 - Present

Web Links

Selected Publications