Introduction

I am a physician scientist in rheumatology, which is a field of medicine that specializes in autoimmune diseases.

Immunology has a reputation of being complex and hard to understand. I hope this podcast will help people in biology and medical fields to better understand the immune system. I also hope any one with an interest in biology can learn and find inspiration in this podcast. I will try to keep the language jargon-free and simple, and will explain any potentially unfamiliar terms. Plus there will be lots of analogies.

Disclaimer: I work at the University of Washington. However, this…