Dr. Erwin Schurr is a Distinguished James McGill Professor of Human Genetics and Medicine at McGill University. He is the past leader of the Program of Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health (IDIGH) at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. He did his postdoctoral training with Drs. Emil Skamene and Philippe Gros at McGill University after a having obtained a PhD in Cell Biology from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg in Germany.
Current research projects:
- Studying the biological factors that put people at increased or reduced risk of tuberculosis or leprosy using genetic epidemiology and systems biology approaches. A special focus is on how mycobacterial pathogens modulate the risk of common, non-infectious, immune-mediated diseases.
Email: erwin.schurr [at] mcgill.ca
