Thomas J. Kipps, MD, PhD

University of California, San Diego
Professor of Medicine
Deputy Director Research Operations, UCSD Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
Director, CLL Research Consortium
(858) 534-5400

Dr. Kipps has a national and international reputation for his work in cancer research. He is the author of 177 publications and is the PI on several peer-reviewed grants, including the recent NCI award of $16.5 Million for the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Consortium involving collaboration with the eight other Cancer Centers featured on this site. Kipps has 20 years’ experience in combining research and clinical care responsibilities.

Research Interests

• Human B cell physiology with emphasis on B cell antigen presentation, accessory molecules involved in cognate T-cell <-> B-cell interactions, signal transduction, and immunoglobulin gene expression

• Human B cell lymphoproliferative diseases with emphasis on pathogenic mechanisms, immunoglobulin gene expression, and innovative forms of immunotherapy

• In vitro or in vivo somatic cell transfection or transduction using plasmid DNA or viral expression vectors for gene immunotherapy of neoplastic disease

• Structure-function studies of immunoglobulin or accessory molecules involved in signal transduction or cognate cell-cell interactions