Brian Fife, PhD

Administrative support contact for Dr. Fife: Drew Keup

Dr. Brian Fife is a Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is a member of the interdisciplinary Center for Immunology and Director of the Center for Autoimmune Disease Research (CADRe). Within the Center for Immunology, Dr. Fife serves as the Imaging Core Director using advanced imaging techniques in his own research program. The major focus of his research program is the restoration of immunological self-tolerance for treatment of autoimmunity. Dr. Fife is interested in understanding immunological tolerance during Type 1 diabetes and focuses his efforts on understanding checkpoint blockade and the role for inhibitory pathways such as CTLA-4 and PD-1. Most recently his work has focused on chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR T cells) for novel treatment approaches for autoimmunity.