Immunology

Our Immunology Genomics Community of Practice (CoP) is one of several CoPs we are currently supporting. See below for further details, including future meetings and how to join.

Lead Clinician

Matthew Cook, Honorary Consultant Immunologist (Cambridge University Hospitals) and Professor of Experimental Medicine (University of Cambridge)

Who is this CoP for?

Anyone working in:

Immunology
Infectious Diseases

About this Community of Practice

There is an expanding list of more than 450 inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) encompassing immune deficiencies, autoinflammatory diseases, early onset autoimmunity, and Mendelian allergy syndromes.

This makes genetically determined immune disorders one of the most heterogenous clusters of genetically determined diseases and creates considerable challenges for clinicians lacking experience or expertise in genomics.

Challenges to be tackled by this CoP include:

under diagnosis of IEIs because of uncertainty about when to request genomics assessment
errors and uncertainty in interpretation of genomics results
accessing sophisticated phenotyping techniques to assist in selection and interpretation of genomic tests

Meeting schedule

Our Immunology Genomics CoP will take place on the SECOND Friday of each month, 12.30pm - 1.30pm.

Upcoming meetings:

Friday 9th April 2025: Details and a registration link will be added here shortly

Non-urgent advice: Join this Community of Practice

To join this - or any of our Genomic Communities of Practice - please register (or update) your details via our form here.

Please ensure to select the Community of Practice that you wish to join.

Resources from previous meetings

You will soon be able to access slides and recordings of all Immunology CoP meetings on our FutureNHS workspace.

If you haven't already, you can request access to this platform by following this link (opens in a new tab).