Edward Ball
Associate Professor
PhD University of Cincinnati
E-mail: eball4@uwo.ca
Clinical Activities
Keywords: clinical histocompatibility testing, transplantation immunology, immunogenetics, HLA, disease association
Description of Clinical Activities: Medical Leader, Transplant Laboratory
Research Activities
Keywords: transplant pathology
Description of Research Activities: HLA typing by serologic and DNA molecular methods. Lymphocyte cross matching by complement mediated cytotoxicity and flow cytometry. Screening for HLA reactive antibodies and specificity analysis in transplant candidates and refractory platelet transfusion patients. Characterization of uncommon and rare HLA alleles. Characterization of immunogenic epitopes.
