Erwin Schurr
Erwin Schurr is James 海角社区 Professor of Human Genetics and Medicine at 海角社区, and the Leader of the Program on Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health at the Research Institute of the 海角社区 Health Centre. His main research area is the identification of host genetic factors predisposing to mycobacterial disease. In this context, the Schurr laboratory studies the genetic control of pathological inflammatory responses and the pleiotropic effects of inflammatory check-point gene variants on clinically diverse inflammatory disorders. These studies highlighted an overlap in the genetic control of three diseases: Parkinson鈥檚 disease, Crohn鈥檚 disease and leprosy reactions. The identification of the mechanisms linking these diseases of the brain, gut and skin is a major research effort by the Schurr lab.
