91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ

Heather Melichar

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor

Heather Melichar
Branch: 
91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ
Department: 
Microbiology and Immunology
Areas of expertise: 
  • Immunity
  • T cells
  • self-tolerance
  • T cell receptors
  • immunotherapy
Biography: 

Dr. Melichar pursued her doctoral studies at the University of Massachusetts Medical School focusing on the molecular mechanisms influencing T cell fate decisions. She then moved to the west coast and began a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, where she developed novel platforms to study the development of both murine and human T cells in situ. In 2014, Dr. Melichar established her independent research group at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center affiliated with the University of Montreal. After almost 10 years in this position, Dr. Melichar was recruited to the Goodman Cancer Institute at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ where her laboratory continues to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the development and function of T cells using insights from these studies to improve the efficacy of cellular therapies.

Back to top