Carla Rothlin, PhD

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Carla V. Rothlin, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Immunology at the University of Minnesota, Andersen Chair in Immunology at the Masonic Cancer Center, and Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. She studied Biochemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Buenos Aires, where she also completed her graduate studies under the direction of Dr. Ana Belén Elgoyhen on nicotinic receptors expressed in the inner ear. Following her Ph.D., she joined Dr. Greg Lemke’s laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies as a PEW Latin American Fellow. 

Dr. Rothlin began her independent career at Yale School of Medicine in 2009, where she rose through the ranks to become the Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Immunobiology and Pharmacology, co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at the Yale Cancer Center, and co-director of a research laboratory with Dr. Sourav Ghosh (Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology). During her 16 years at Yale, she also served as Director of Graduate Studies in Immunobiology. 

Her research program focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the regulation of inflammation and the homeostatic control of immune function. Dr. Rothlin’s contributions have been recognized by numerous foundations, including the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.