Matthias von Herrath
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
9420 Athena Circle
La Jolla, CA 92037
Since 01/2015
Einstein Visiting Fellow, Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies
Since 01/2012 Vice President and Head of the Diabetes R&D Center at Novo Nordisk, Inc., Seattle WA Since 06/2008 Director of La Jolla Insitut for Allergy and Immunology
Since 07/2005 Professor at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
Since 04/2004 Adjunct Professor at the Dept. of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Matthias von Herrath, M.D., and his team study why the immune system sometimes attacks the body's own cells. They focus on type 1 diabetes, a disease caused by the immune system attacking the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, and on diseases caused by viral infections. Their goal is to develop and evaluate new treatments and therapies for these conditions, in particular immune-based interventions.