Gerlinde Wernig, PhD

Associate Professor at Stanford Medicine

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Dr. Gerlinde Wernig is an Associate Professor at Stanford University and a quadruple board-certified physician-scientist with training in pathology and internal medicine/hematology/oncology. As a principal investigator at Stanford’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and the department of Pathology, she leads a lab studying immunology and fibrotic diseases, focusing on the role of the transcription factor JUN as a master regulator in fibrosis. Her research aims to uncover the mechanisms driving fibrosis and its intersection with immunity, with the goal of developing targeted therapies for life-threatening fibrotic diseases such as IPF, which currently lack effective treatments. https://www.gerlindewerniglaboratory.org/