Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller and Tri-Institutional communities)
Friday, April 17, 2026
Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Robert B. Friend and Michelle M. Friend Professor of Diabetes Research, Director, UCSF Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco
Unlocking Autoimmunity: From the Rare to the Common
The 33rd Annual Henry Kunkel Society Lecture
Recommended Readings:
Quandt, Zoe E., et al. “Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Induced Diabetes Across National Cancer Institute Trials That Included PD-1 or PD-L1 Agents.” JAMA oncology 12.2 (2026): 194-199.
Sweeney, Nicolle, et al. “Can we cure autoimmunity?.” Current Opinion in Immunology 98 (2026): 102684.
Quandt, Zoe, et al. “Autoimmune origin for immune checkpoint inhibitor-diabetes revealed by deep immune phenotyping of the pancreas.” Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 13.8 (2025): e011818.
Velez, Tania E., et al. “Active antigen-specific adaptive immune responses are shared among patients with progressive fibrotic interstitial lung disease.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 211.10 (2025): 1823-1834.
Quandt, Zoe, et al. “Checkpoint inhibitor-induced autoimmune diabetes: An autoinflammatory disease.” Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine 15.4 (2025): a041603.
