Ford, an associate professor in the Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology and an investigator at the Neuroscience Institute at the Morehouse School
of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia, says that when he came to the historically black MSM four years ago he chose stroke research as the
area he wanted to concentrate on for two reasons: The medical school recognized the racial and regional disparities
of the disease and placed stroke high on its list
of illnesses to study, and the field combines the several prongs
of his
varied academic training and interests.
Immunologists are employed in a
varied range
of organisations across different
areas in science and
medicine from the NHS, pharmaceutical / biotech industries to universities.