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Steven J. Bensinger

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Title(s)Chair and Professor of Immunology and Immune Therapeutics
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
Address2011 Zonal Ave.
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90033
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    Steven Bensinger, VMD, PhD, serves as Chair of the Department of Immunology and Immune Therapeutics. He previously served at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he held the positions of Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Personnel in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, as well as Director of the UCLA Lipidomics Laboratory. Since 2008, Dr. Bensinger has performed innovative research and pioneered advanced analytical methods to elucidate how lipid metabolism influences innate and adaptive immunity. Continuously funded by the NIH for the past 17 years, he has earned notable professional honors, including the Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award, the UCLA Life Sciences Excellence Award for Outstanding Research, and the Sherie and Donald Morrison Endowed Chair in Immunology. His leadership roles have included serving as Director of the Inflammation, Immunology, Infection, and Transplantation (I3T) Research Theme at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Director of Shared Resources at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA.

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    Targeting host lipid metabolism to limit tissue damage in necrotizing fasciitis
    NIH R01AI175831Feb 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator
    CDKN2A couples lipid metabolism to ferroptosis in glioblastoma
    NIH R01NS121319Apr 1, 2021 - Jan 31, 2026
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Investigating the impact of a fatty acid-cRel inflammatory circuit in atherosclerosis
    NIH R01HL157710Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Understanding the influence of SREBP signaling on CD4 T helper cell biology
    NIH R01AI122282Nov 10, 2015 - Oct 31, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Investigating the crosstalk between lipid metabolism and HIV
    NIH R21HL126556Sep 17, 2014 - Jun 30, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Determining the Impact of SREBP on Adaptive Immunity
    NIH R01AI093768Apr 1, 2012 - Mar 31, 2017
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Apoptosis in the Generation of T-cell Memory
    NIH K01RR021975Sep 30, 2005 - Jun 30, 2010
    Role: Principal Investigator
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