Sarah Louise Young is a New Zealand

immunology Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of Immune system, immune systems in all Organism, organisms. Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the Physiology, physiological functioning of the immune system in ...

academic, and as of 2014 was head of

pathology Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...

at the

University of Otago The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...

. From 2020 to 2023, she ran the School of Medical Sciences at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

. In 2023, Young was appointed the executive dean of the Faculty of Science at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

Academic career

After a 2000

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

titled '' 'Immunological responses to live and live recombinant BCG in a murine model ' '' at the

, and a

post-doc A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). Postdocs most commonly, but not always, have a temporary academ ...

Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's largest independent cancer research organisation. It is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man, and was formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and t ...

, Young returned to Otago rising to full professor.

Selected works

* Mears, Rainy, Rachel A. Craven, Sarah Hanrahan, Nick Totty, Carol Upton, Sarah L. Young, Poulam Patel, Peter J. Selby, and Rosamonde E. Banks. "Proteomic analysis of melanoma‐derived exosomes by two‐dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry." Proteomics 4, no. 12 (2004): 4019–4031. * Sutherland, Tim JT, Jan O. Cowan, Sarah Young, Ailsa Goulding, Andrea M. Grant, Avis Williamson, Karen Brassett, G. Peter Herbison, and D. Robin Taylor. "The association between obesity and asthma: interactions between systemic and airway inflammation." American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 178, no. 5 (2008): 469–475. * Young, Sarah L., Mary A. Simon, Margaret A. Baird, Gerald W. Tannock, Rodrigo Bibiloni, Kate Spencely, Juliette M. Lane et al. "Bifidobacterial species differentially affect expression of cell surface markers and cytokines of dendritic cells harvested from cord blood." Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 11, no. 4 (2004): 686–690. * Kim, Dong Won, Sarah L. Young, David R. Grattan, and Christine L. Jasoni. "Obesity during pregnancy disrupts placental morphology, cell proliferation, and inflammation in a sex-specific manner across gestation in the mouse." Biology of reproduction 90, no. 6 (2014): 130–1. * Win, Stephanie J., Vernon K. Ward, P. Rod Dunbar, Sarah L. Young, and Margaret A. Baird. "Cross‐presentation of epitopes on virus‐like particles via the MHC I receptor recycling pathway." Immunology and cell biology 89, no. 6 (2011): 681–688.

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