
Thomas L. Cherpes, DVM, MD
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine
Bio
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine with DVM and MD degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wake Forest University, respectively. Completed American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway infectious disease fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining Stanford, was an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in the Departments of Microbial Infection & Immunity and Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Academic Appointments
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Assistant Professor, Comparative Medicine
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professional Education
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MD, Wake Forest University, medicine
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DVM, University of Wisconsin, veterinary medicine
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Directs an infectious disease laboratory that performs basic, translational, and clinical research. Laboratory has particular focus on:
1) relationship between exogenous sex steroids on susceptibility to microbial pathogens
2) role of Type 2 immunity in Chlamydia infection
3) developing cellular immunotherapies to combat infectious disease and cancer
2020-21 Courses
- Pandemics & Plagues: Biological Causes and Social Effects
COMPMED 23N (Aut, Win) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Directed Reading in Comparative Medicine
COMPMED 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Research
COMPMED 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Masters Laboratory Animal Science Practicum/Laboratory Research
COMPMED 260 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Medical Scholars Research
COMPMED 370 (Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Directed Reading in Comparative Medicine
COMPMED 198 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Research
COMPMED 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Comparative Medicine
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Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Immunology of Infectious Disease
COMPMED 123 (Spr) - Microbes that Made Plagues: Biological Causes and Social Effects
COMPMED 23N (Aut)
2018-19 Courses
- Microbes that Made Plagues: Biological Causes and Social Effects
COMPMED 23N (Aut)
- Immunology of Infectious Disease