Upcoming Lecture

Speaker

Dr. Lisa Spencer

Dr. Lisa Spencer is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the Scientific Director for the Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program (GEDP) at the Children’s Hospital Colorado. Her research lab focuses on understanding how eosinophils function as sentinels in mucosal organs and contribute to the balance between health and inflammation within the context of chronic inflammatory diseases such as asthma, food allergies, eosinophilic esophagitis, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis. 

Dr. Spencer completed undergraduate studies in Biology with a pre-med concentration at Gordon College (’95), earned a Ph.D. in Immunology and Biomedical Sciences from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and completed postdoctoral training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. She began her professional academic career in 2009 when she joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School and established her research laboratory at BIDMC. She rose to the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard before accepting a recruitment offer in 2018 to relocate her research lab across the country to Denver, and partner with the Eosinophilic Diseases Program at the Children’s Hospital. Lisa has authored over 45 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact scientific journals, and her work has been cited nearly 5000 times. She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology (AAAAI), is an elected member of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA), serves on the Board of the International Eosinophil Society (IES), and has been an invited speaker across the United States and in 4 other countries. Lisa lives in Colorado with her husband (fellow Gordon alum) and two kids.