FOCIS Podcast

This months episode guest is the 2025 FOCIS Clinical Immunology Award Winner Erin Theisen, MD, PhD. with her abstract titled: “Granzyme K Drives a New Pathway of Complement Activation That Contributes to Disease Pathology”. She is a clinical instructor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in the Department of Dermatology.

Explore the FOCIS Spotlights series—an inspiring collection of interviews featuring FOCIS members as they share their unique career journeys, pivotal experiences, and the impactful role FOCIS has played in shaping their work in translational immunology. Whether you prefer reading or listening, these Spotlights offer valuable insights into how involvement in the FOCIS community has influenced professional growth, fostered collaboration, and advanced groundbreaking research.

This month’s episode spotlights one of the 2025 FOCIS Annual Meeting keynote speakers, Dr. Ira Mellman. As President of Research at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Medici Therapeutics, Dr. Mellman shares the story behind his journey into immunology and reflects on the research contributions he’s most proud of. Tune in for an inside look at the experiences and ideas that have shaped his career.

This month's episode features the FOCIS Centers of Excellence committee chair Jeff Rathmell, PhD (University of Chicago) and FOCIS Committee for Inclusion and Representation chair Monica Guzman, PhD (Weill Cornell Medicine). Hear them discuss current research they're working on and next steps in their career.

Hear from FCE Director Carrie L. Lucas, Ph.D, Yale University School of Medicine, in this compelling interview.

🎙️The next episode of the FOCIS podcast is here! The podcast series hosts conversations with the FOCIS community about their paths into immunology, what brought them to FOCIS, and their visions for the future of the field.
This episode features FOCIS 2025 speakers Dr. Brian Kim (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) and Dr. Marco Colonna (Washington University in St. Louis).

🎙️Join us for the next chapter in our podcast series as we continue conversations with the FOCIS community about their paths into immunology, what brought them to FOCIS, and their visions for the future of the field.
This episode features FOCIS member and FCE representative Dr. Eric Vivier (Aix-Marseille University).

🎙️Be a part of the next episode of this podcast series as we continue conversations with the FOCIS community about their paths into immunology, what brought them to FOCIS, and their visions for the future of the field.
This episode features FOCIS FCE Multinational Chair Dr. Olivier Boyer (Normandy University). 

🎙️Join us for the next chapter in our podcast series as we continue conversations with the FOCIS community about their paths into immunology, what brought them to FOCIS, and their visions for the future of the field.
This episode features FOCIS President-Elect Dr. Megan Levings (The University of British Columbia) and former board member Dr. Hans-Dieter Volk (Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin).