Roslyn Kemp
New Zealand immunologist
Roslyn A. Kemp is a New Zealand immunologist, and as at 2024 is a full professor at the University of Otago. Her research focuses on T cells, mucosal and tumour immune responses, inflammation and T cell memory.
Academic career
Kemp completed a Bachelor of Science in microbiology at the University of Otago. She then earned a PhD in pathology and molecular medicine at the Wellington School of Medicine and the Malaghan Institute. Kemp undertook postdoctoral work at the Trudeau Institute in the USA and at Oxford University before returning to New Zealand. She joined the faculty of the department of biochemistry at Otago in 2008, then the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 2009, rising to associate professor in 2017 and full professor in 2021.
Kemp's research focuses on cancer and inflammation, specifically the role of T cells and myeloid cells in mediating immunity to tumours. She investigates the molecular signalling pathways in T cells, and the role that T cells play within immune responses to tumours and inflammatory bowel disease. Her research is aimed at finding ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, particularly colorectal cancer. Kemp uses multiplex imaging and mass cytometry in her work.
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