Halvor McGee

BIOGRAPHY

Halvor McGee is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Faculty Member Patricia Finn to recommend the scientific literature in their field.

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois, Chicago.

EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND:
Dr Halvor McGee graduated from University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) with a Bachelors of Science in Biology in 1998. In 2004, he was accepted to the PhD program in Biomedical Sciences in the School of Medicine of Creighton University to work in the field of allergy and asthma under the supervision of Dr Devendra K Agrawal. Halvor presented his dissertation on 'T-regulatory cells and Flt3-Ligand in the therapy of Cockroach antigen induced asthma'. After graduation from Creighton, Halvor accepted a position as a postdoctoral fellow under the mentoring and guidance of Dr Patricia Finn at University of California in San Diego.

AWARDS:
2010 Cornelius Hopper Diversity Award Supplement (CHDAS)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Cigarette smoke exposure in utero: neonatal immunity.