Kai Kisand
Administration
ImmunoQure AG
Germany
Biography
Kai Kisand got her MD from the University of Tartu, Estonia and earned a PhD from the same university in 1999. She undertook post-doctoral training at the Uppsala University, Sweden. Currently she is the Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Biomedicine, University of Tartu and the board member of the Estonian Society for Immunology and Allergology. Her major research interests are related to autoimmunity and self-tolerance, among the other projects dissecting the role of autoimmune regulator (AIRE) and its deficiency in the disease pathogenesis (APECED, Autoimmune PolyEndocrinopathy Candidiasis Ectodermal Dystrophy). She is also involved in teaching immunology to medical students, has been organizing many international immunology courses and meetings and is supervising several PhD studies.
Research Interest
Immunology and Allergology
