Jay K. Kolls, MD, is Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics, and Chair of the Department of Genetics. Previously, he served as the inaugural Neils K. Jerne Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology and as ision Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He earned his medical degree at the University of Maryland and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. After pulmonary sub-specialty training at LSU and Tulane Health Sciences Center, he completed a research fellowship with Bruce Beutler, MD, at theHoward Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Dr. Kolls is a member of the American Association of Immunology, the American Society of Microbiology, and the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He has authored or co-authored more than 170 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of genetics, gene therapy, and immunology, and is currently principal investigator on NIH-funded research grants. The major goal of his research is to investigate mechanisms of mucosal immunology and host defenses in normal and immunocompromised hosts, using both genetic and cell biological tools.

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