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Colm A. Kelleher, Ph.D.

Dr. Kelleher, a staff member of the National Institute of Discovery Science, is a Research Scientist and Deputy Administrator where his responsibilities include overseeing NIDS research projects. Dr. Kelleher received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University College, Dublin, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. Until 1996, Dr. Kelleher was an instructor at the National Jewish Center for Immunology, Denver, where his research projects included Molecular Biology of Epstein Barr Virus infection of human B and T cells, expression of human endogenous retrovirus like transposon sequences in human immune cells, HIV infection of human thymocytes, and expression of human nerve growth factor receptors on human B cells. He has been a Research Associate at the Molecular Genetics Lab, Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, B.C. He served as a post Doctorate Fellow of the Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto.  He was a recipient of a National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada award in biochemistry in 1985, and a W. P. Caven Memorial Award in medical sciences in 1986.  Dr. Kelleher has authored and co-authored 38 peer reviewed publications in molecular immunology, virology and biochemistry. He has also published numerous articles for the layperson in magazines including OMNI Kelleher peer reviewed publications.