Kelly Messingham, PhD

Research Professor of Dermatology
Biography

Positions and Education:
Research Professor Department of Dermatology, 2022-present
Research Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, 2016-2022
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, 2009-2016
Research Scientist, Department of Dermatology, 2007-2009

Post-doctoral Associate, 2001-2006
Laboratory of John T. Harty, PhD
Department of Microbiology
University of Iowa

PhD, Loyola University Chicago, 1995-2002;
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, PhD; Dept. of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

MS, Iowa State University, 1993-1995;
Advisor: Joan E. Cunnick, PhD; Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Preventive Medicine

BS, Iowa State University, Ames, 1993; Major: Biology


Other Affiliations:

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology
https://immuno.grad.uiowa.edu/

Research areas
  • identifying mechanisms of cutaneous autoimmunity
  • evaluating the role of IgE autoantibodies in human disease
  • understanding the role of the skin in viral and bacterial pathogenesis