Researcher Profile

Derek B. Sant'Angelo, PhD

Division Chief, Developmental Biology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Child Health Institute of New Jersey
89 French Street, Room 4273
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1935

Phone: (732) 235-9394
Email: santandb@umdnj.edu

Assistant: Christine Mahedy
(732) 235-6778
Email: mahedych@umdnj.edu

Research Program Alignment

Membership Type: Full


Research Interests

  • The role of the transcription factor PLZF (promyelocytic leukemia zinc-finger) in the development of lymphocyte effector functions
  • Enhancement of tumor specific T cell function by ectopic expression of PLZF
  • Transcriptional control of regulatory T cell functions.

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