Anne Sperling

Anne I. Sperling, PhD, Professor of Medicine with joint appointments in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer as well as the Carter Immunology Center. Dr. Sperling’s research program focuses on the roles of the immune system in lung diseases such as asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and sarcoidosis; she has made important discoveries about how T cell costimulatory molecules influence inflammation and disease and about the regulation of inflammation resolution in allergic asthma. Through her 110+ publications in journals such as New Engl J Med, Immunity, J Clin Invest, Nature Commun, J Exp Med, Blood, Mucosal Immunol and J Immunology, Dr. Sperling has established herself as a preeminent lung immunologist. Dr. Sperling joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in September 2021 after spending 25 years at the University of Chicago where she rose through the ranks from Instructor to Full Professor with tenure. When Dr. Sperling left UChicago, she was Associate Vice Chair of Research for the Dept of Medicine. Dr. Sperling served as the Director for the Respiratory Biology Training Program, a MPI of the T32 Program, and the Associate Director for Curriculum in the UChicago Medical Scientist Training Program; roles that underscores her commitment to educating the next generation of scientists.