Peter Crompton
Chief
Malaria Infection Biology and Immunity
NIAID-laboratory of Immunogenetics
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Biography
Dr. Crompton received his M.D. and M.P.H. from The Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health in 2000. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University in Boston before going on to a fellowship in infectious diseases at NIAID in 2004. After a year of clinical training at NIAID, he earned a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine before joining the Laboratory of Immunogenetics in 2005 to pursue his research interest in the human immune response to malaria. In 2010, he became a tenure-track investigator and chief of the Malaria Infection Biology and Immunity Unit. Dr. Crompton is certified in internal medicine and infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Research Interest
Mechanisms of naturally acquired immunity to malaria Antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum infection B- and T-cell biology of P. falciparum infection Regulation of P. falciparum-induced inflammation Systems immunology of human malaria
