Julia Klesney-Tait, M.D, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Dr. Klesney-Tait’s research focuses on the role of the innate immune system in the regulation of inflammation as it impacts on the evolution of sepsis and the development of bronchiolitis obliterans following lung transplantation. Her area of clinical interest is lung transplantation.

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Diplomate, Amercian Board of Pulmonary Diseases
• American Thoracic Society
• International Society for Heart and Lung Tranplantation
• Fellow to Faculty Award, Amercian Heart Association, 2006-2011
• GlaxoSmithKline Pulmonary Research Fellowship, 2005-2006

Recent Publications

1. Klesney-Tait, J., Turnbull, I.R., Colonna, M. The TREM family and Signal Integration. Nature Immunology. 7(12):1266-73, Dec 2006.
2. Lewis, D., Klesney-Tait, J., Lumbley, S., Ward, C., Latimer, J., Ison, C., Hansen, E.J. Identification of the znuA-encoded Periplasmic Zinc Transport Protein of Haemophilus ducreyi. Infection and Immunity. 67(10):5060-5068, 1999.

Medical School:
University of Texas Southwestern

Residency:
Washington University
Barnes Jewish Hosp, St. Louis

Fellowship:
Washington University