Dr Jane Warner BSc, PhD

Visiting Fellow

Dr Jane Warner is a Visiting Fellow within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

After finishing her PhD on the anti-inflammatory effects of bee venom peptides at UCL Dr Warner undertook a post-doctoral fellowship in the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore Maryland. She worked with Dr Larry Lichtenstein and Dr Don MacGlashan on IgE dependent signaling in human basophils and isolated mast cells from a range of human tissues characterizing their mediator release. Returning to the UK in 1990 she established a research group first in the School of Biological Sciences and more recently in the School of Medicine. Work has revolved around the role of small airways and surrounding parenchyma in asthma and COPD using a range of ex vivo techniques. She has extensive expertise in working with human lung tissue explants and characterizing the effects of different drugs on the inflammatory response. She has also isolated a range of cells from human lung including mast cells, macrophages, fibroblasts and T cells.

Qualifications

B.Sc Chemistry, University College, London (1980)
PhD Chemistry, University College, London (1983)

Appointments held

Post-doctoral fellow , Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (1983-1986)

Lecturer in Medicine , Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (1986-1987)

Assistant Professor of Medicine , Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland (1987-1990)

Lecturer in Pharmacology , School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton (1990-1995)

Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology , School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton (1995-2006)