David Farrar, PhD

Associate Professor
Immunology, Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Immunology
Integrative Biology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-7315
Office Fax: 214-648-7331

david.farrar@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas (1996)
UndergraduateHouston Baptist University (1989)

Research Interests

Cytokine gene regulation
Cytokine signaling
Host/pathogen interactions
T cell development

Publications

Featured
IL-12 selectively programs effector pathways that are stably expressed in human CD8+ effector memory T cells in vivo.

Chowdhury FZ, Ramos HJ, Davis LS, Forman J, Farrar JD, Blood, 2011 Oct; 118 (14):3890-900

Featured
Cutting edge: Type I IFN reverses human Th2 commitment and stability by suppressing GATA3.

Huber JP, Ramos HJ, Gill MA, Farrar JD, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2010 Jul; 185 (2):813-7

Featured
Reciprocal responsiveness to interleukin-12 and interferon-alpha specifies human CD8+ effector versus central memory T-cell fates.

Ramos HJ, Davis AM, Cole AG, Schatzle JD, Forman J, Farrar JD, Blood, 2009 May; 113 (22):5516-25

Featured
Reciprocal responsiveness to interleukin-12 and interferon-alpha specifies human CD8+ effector versus central memory T-cell fates.

Ramos HJ, Davis AM, Cole AG, Schatzle JD, Forman J, Farrar JD, Blood, 2009 May; 113 (22):5516-25

Regulation of effector and memory T-cell functions by type I interferon.

Huber JP, Farrar JD, Immunology, 2011 Apr; 132 (4):466-74

Cutting edge: a T-bet-independent role for IFN-alpha/beta in regulating IL-2 secretion in human CD4+ central memory T cells.

Davis AM, Ramos HJ, Davis LS, Farrar JD, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2008 Dec; 181 (12):8204-8

Blockade of virus infection by human CD4+ T cells via a cytokine relay network.

Davis AM, Hagan KA, Matthews LA, Bajwa G, Gill MA, Gale M, Farrar JD, Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2008 May; 180 (10):6923-32

Honors/Awards

Minority Mentor-Trainee Award

American Association of Immunologists (2006)

Junior Faculty Travel Award

American Association of Immunologists (2005)

Special Fellow Award

The Leukemia Society of America (2001)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association of Immunologists