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Fiachra Humphries, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Division of Innate Immunity

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Fiachra Humphries, PhD

Research Focus - Defining How Innate Immune Shapes the Tumor Microenvironment

The role of type I IFN in the tumor microenvironment
Regulation of tumor associated macrophages
Regulation of tumor cell pyroptosis
Regulation of tumor cell ferroptosis
Plasma membrane rupture in tumor cells

Representative Publication

Jiang Y, Yang Y, Hu Y, et al. Gasdermin D restricts anti-tumor immunity during PD-L1 checkpoint blockade. Cell Rep. 2022;41(4):111553.

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Humphries lab awarded $8 million in NIH grants

The three grants totaling nearly $8 million were awarded over a six-week period to Fiachra Humphries, PhD.

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Chancellor Collins to UMass Chan PhD candidates: ‘We need your science’

During the annual Recognition Ceremony, the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences celebrated 74 PhD candidates and MD/PhD students who successfully completed their qualifying exam in 2024-2025.

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UMass Chan faculty present translational research at BRIDGE Fund Innovation Showcase

UMass Chan supports translational research from faculty with internal funding mechanism.

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UMass Chan BRIDGE Fund invests nearly $2M in 13 faculty projects

The BRIDGE Fund supports critical research milestones for inventions and discoveries that have high potential to change the course of disease and continues to grow, increasing from approximately $1 million per year in 2019 to $3 million in 2024.

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