on September 30, 2016
Dr. Federica Sallusto, currently Director of the Center of Medical Immunology and Head of the Cellular Immunology Laboratory at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, has been appointed Full Professor of Medical Immunology at the ETHZ. Federica Sallusto is a globally renowned scientist. Her work and research findings have made a significant contribution to our current understanding of human immunology. Recently, she and her team used new approaches to investigate human T cells with defined characteristics for vaccination studies and in pathological clinical situations (e.g. auto-immune diseases). The appointment of Federica Sallusto will enable ETH Zurich to substantially strengthen its leading international position in the life sciences and personalised medicine.
