Job Research Foundation Announces 2020 Grant Recipients: Researchers Selected to Receive Funding to Investigate Causes of and Treatments for Job Syndrome

(NEW YORK CITY, NY/April 7, 2020) – The Job Research Foundation has announced the recipients of its second round of grant funding that will support investigation into the causes of and treatments for Job Syndrome. The Foundation awarded four two-year grants of $200,000 each to support four research projects. The recipients are:

Andrew Gennery, MD, Professor in Paediatric Immunology and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Therapies

University of Newcastle upon Tyne/Great North Children’s Hospital

Title: Investigating Health Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome

Vera P. Krymskaya, PhD, MBA, FCPP, Professor of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Title: Nanotechnology as a Novel Cellular Therapy for Patients with Job Syndrome

Hongmei Mou, PhD, Assistant Professor

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Title: Impaired Epithelial Differentiation and Host Defense as a Mechanism for Pulmonary Complications in Job Syndrome Patients

Scott B. Snapper, MD, PhD, Wolpow Family Chair & Director, IBD Center; Professor of Pediatrics, HMS

Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Title: Investigating a Non-Transcriptional Role for Il-10-STAT3 in Mitochondrial Metabolism and AD-HIES

The Job Research Foundation seeks to not only help find a cure for Job Syndrome by providing the scientific community with additional opportunities to further research into the rare multisystem immunodeficiency disorder, but also hopes that investigators will research treatments to help those suffering with Job Syndrome.

Job Syndrome, also known as Autosomal Dominant Hyperimmunoglobulin E Syndrome (AD-HIES), was discovered in 1966 and is a multisystem immunodeficiency disorder found in males and females worldwide. Visit https://www.jobresearchfoundation.org/ for additional details.