Мукерджи Нилофер

Dr. Neeloffer Mookherjee is Professor at The University of Manitoba, Canada, within the departments of Internal Medicine and Immunology, Section of Proteomics and Systems Biology. Her research program is focused on molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of inflammation, in particular the immunomodulatory functions of a family of molecules known as cationic host defence peptides (also known as antimicrobial peptides). Her research group employs various Systems Biology approaches to interrogate the regulatory mechanisms in chronic inflammation, using asthma and arthritis as disease models. Dr. Mookherjee integrates aspects of how environmental exposures such as air pollution impacts chronic respiratory disease such as asthma. She is the current CIHR Sex and Gender Science Chair in Respiratory Health, with focus to incorporate sex as a biological variable in innate immunity and inflammatory responses in the context of asthma. She has ongoing projects to develop small cationic peptide-based therapies for difficult to treat steroid-unresponsive asthma. Dr. Mookherjee is a strong advocate for women in science, and is the current Chair of WISDOM (Women In Science; Development, Outreach and Mentorship) initiative which is instituted within The Rady Faculty of Health Science at The University of Manitoba.