Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD
Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor of Medicine; Infectious Diseases
- Phone: 314-747-8058
- Email: philips.j.a@wustl.edu
Research Interest
Complications
Category(ies) of Research
Basic
Descriptor of Research
Dr. Jennifer Phillips is Co-Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases. Her laboratory studies the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. An elected member of the ASCI, she has made seminal contributions to understanding host-pathogen interactions that contribute to immune evasion by M. tuberculosis. Dr. Phillips is also pursuing novel M. tuberculosis metabolites that might be exploited in the development of biomarkers useful for guiding treatment. For reasons that are obscure, diabetes predisposes to M. tuberculosis infection. Dr. Phillips is interested in contributing to a new DRC Core directed by Dr. Jeff Henderson focused on identifying mechanisms responsible for the infectious complications of diabetes.