Dawn Bowdish

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dawn Bowdish
Occupation	Immunologist
Date Of Birth	May 21, 1976(1976-05-21)
Age	48
Birthplace	Canada
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Taurus

Dawn Bowdish Biography

Dawn Bowdish is one of the most popular and richest Immunologist who was born on May 21, 1976 in Canada, Canada.

Dawn M. E. Bowdish, (born May 21, 1976) is a Canadian immunologist and currently a professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. She is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity. She is known for several discoveries including the immunomodulatory properties of the antimicrobial peptide LL-37, how MARCO signalling complex recognizes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, age-associated inflammation and its effects on clearing pneumococcal pneumonia and how the aging gut microbiome drives age-associated inflammation.

In 2009, she joined the Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine at McMaster University and was promoted to associate professor in 2014. In 2019, she was promoted to tenure professor in the same department. The Bowdish lab focuses primarily on the effects of aging on the immune system, specifically macrophages. Her lab has been able to elucidate a mechanistic explanation for how aging alters myeloid cells and how these cells increase susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia. In 2017, the Bowdish lab demonstrated that age- associated gut microbe dysbiosis in mice increases age-associated inflammation. Bowdish currently holds an h-index score of 38. Bowdish’s published works have received much media attention and continue to contribute more information regarding the interplay between the immune system, the gut microbiota, susceptibility to infection and aging.

Dawn Bowdish Net Worth

Dawn Bowdish is one of the richest Immunologist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dawn Bowdish 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bowdish was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1976. In 1999, she graduated from the University of Guelph with an Honours Bachelor of Science in microbiology. Bowdish was a graduate student and obtained her PhD from the University of British Columbia between 2000 – 2005. There, under the supervision of Robert E. W. Hancock, she discovered the immunomodulatory role of the host defence peptide LL-37. As a Canadian Institute of Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellow, Bowdish worked at the University of Oxford from 2005-2008 under the supervision of Siamon Gordon in the Department of Pathology. It was during this time that she discovered the role of MARCO (macrophage receptor with collagenous structure) in recognizing and eliciting an immune response against trehalose dimycolate, the main immunogenic component in the outer membrane of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Facts & Trivia

Dean Ranked on the list of most popular Immunologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Dawn Bowdish celebrates birthday on May 21 of every year.