Faculty

Amale Laouar, PhD Assistant Professor of Surgery UMDNJ-RWJMS Child Health Institute of NJ 89 French Street, 4th floor New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-235-6014    Fax: 732.235.9333 Email:  laouaram@umdnj.edu

My group will lead vital research investigating gut mucosal immunity. Ravages of gastrointestinal diseases are too often witnessed on the infant and elderly populations. In fact, even if the child or elderly person is healthy, no other system in their body is subject to so many problems as the gastrointestinal system. The mission of my laboratory is to advance scientific knowledge of childhood and aging diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. My research team will try to answer fundamental questions of the gut mucosal immunity as it relates to inflammation, tolerance, infection, and cancer. We intend also to translate the outcomes into new approaches to treatment and prevention, and ultimately offering hope to elderly people and parents of babies and children who are afflicted by these illnesses.