Seminar: Jacques Galipeau, MD FRCP(C), “IL‐10 Expressing B‐Cells for Adoptive Cell Therapy of Neuro‐Inflammatory Disorders”

Jacques Galipeau, MD FRCP(C)
University of Wisconsin–Madison

About the Speaker: Jacques Galipeau, MD, FRCP(C) obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Montreal and completed specialty training in internal medicine at McGill University. He went on to the Tufts-affiliated New England Medical Center in Boston for three years of subspecialty training in hematology & medical oncology followed by a two-year scientific fellowship in gene therapy at St-Jude Children’s research hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Starting in 1997, Galipeau served as faculty at McGill University before joining Emory University in 2009 as a professor of hematology and oncology and director of the Emory Personalized Immunotherapy Center. In September 2016 he was appointed as the Don and Marilyn Anderson Professor of Oncology within the Department of Medicine and UW Carbone Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Galipeau is also the inaugural Assistant Dean for Therapeutics Discovery and Development in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Galipeau has initiated and developed an NIH-funded research program in the study and use of mesenchymal stromal cells as an immunotherapy of catastrophic illnesses including cancer and immune disease. He is an internationally recognized expert in translational development of cell therapies and the sponsor of a series of FDA-sanctioned clinical trials examining the use of autologous marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells for immune disorders, including Crohn’s disease and graft vs host disease.

He has also developed the field of fusion-engineered cytokines known as fusokines used as a novel pharmaceutical means of treating immune disorders and cancer.

He is also the director of the University of Wisconsin Advanced Cell Therapy Program. The mission of this program is to develop personalized cell therapies for immune and malignant disorders and to promote and deploy first-in-human clinical trials of UW-Madison cell therapy innovations to improve outcomes for children and adults.

Galipeau is a board-certified Hematologist with an active clinical practice in consultative benign hematology.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin-Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement:

The University of Wisconsin-Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To sign in and complete the evaluation for CME credit, go to: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b8bgiki2XBc2sPb

For Further Information: Contact Teresa Palumbo at 608.263.5837 or palumbo@waisman.wisc.edu

The seminar series is funded by the John D. Wiley Conference Center Fund, the Friends of the Waisman Center and NIH grant U54 HD090256.