Malu Gamez Tansey
Professor/ Neurology · Indiana University School of Medicine
Biography
Malú Gámez Tansey, Ph.D. is the James A. Caplin MD, Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease and Professor of Neurology, Director of Neuroimmunology Research Group, and Executive Associate Director of Education at the Stark Neuroscience Research Institute at Indiana University School of Medicine. She investigates the role of central-peripheral immune crosstalk in brain health and neurodegenerative diseases and the gut-brain axis, with the long-term goal of developing better therapies for patients. Dr. Tansey obtained her B.S/M.S in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in Cell Regulation from UT Southwestern followed by post-doctoral work in neuroscience at Washington University. As head of Chemical Genetics at Xencor, she co-invented novel soluble TNF inhibitors that have now advanced to clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease.
Education
B.S and M.S Biological Sciences from Stanford University PhD in Cell Regulation from UT Southwestern Graduate School in Dallas, TX
Recent Google Scholar Publications
- Regulator of G protein signaling 10: a critical regulator of chronic systemic inflammation in parkinson’s disease
- XPro1595 in early Alzheimer’s disease with inflammation: results from the phase 2 MINDFuL trial
- Intestinal inflammation promotes neuroinflammation and PD-associated nigrostriatal pathology independently of LRRK2 G2019S kinase activity
- Parkinson's‐Linked LRRK2 and GBA1 Mutations Modulate the Peripheral Immune Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Profiling peripheral immune cells in Parkinson’s disease: A Scoping Review
Grants / Consultancy
None Multiple biotechs and pharmaceutical companies. Multiple SABs and Advisory Groups.
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-4708
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pxaOjxkAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=None
- Personal Weblink https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty-labs/tansey-lab