Jose Conejo-Garcia, MD, PhD

Jose R Conejo-Garcia, MD, PhD
Professor of Immunology
Duke Science and Technology Scholar
Department of Integrative Immunobiology
Duke Cancer Institute
Duke University

Dr. Conejo-Garcia’s research focuses on understanding and targeting the immune response in human ovarian cancer. He pursued his medical degree, PhD, and clinical residency in Spain. He then worked as a researcher in Bern (Switzerland) and Hannover (Germany), before joining George Coukos’ team at the University of Pennsylvania, contributing to the discovery of the role of T cell responses in ovarian cancer. He then joined the faculty of Dartmouth College, before returning to the UPenn campus to lead the Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program at The Wistar Institute. In 2016 he was recruited by Moffitt Cancer Center to chair the Department of Immunology. He was later recruited as a Duke Science and Technology Scholar at Duke University, to develop anti-cancer immunotherapies in collaboration with physician-scientists in the Duke Cancer Institute. His current research focuses on developing immunotherapies that target the interface between innate (γδ) and adaptive (αβ) T and B lymphocytes, including the clinical testing of novel cellular therapies (e.g., FSHCER T cells, ongoing), and novel tumor cell-penetrating antibodies.