Dr. Ali Abdul-Sater

Dr. Ali Abdul-Sater

Principle Investigator

Ali Abdul-Sater obtained his Master of Science from the American University of Beirut and completed his Ph. D. in Immunology in 2010 at the University of California, Merced. He then trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University in New York City before moving to Canada in 2013 to continue his postdoctoral training in the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto. In 2016, Dr. Abdul-Sater joined the School of Kinesiology and Health Science in the Faculty of Health at York University as an Assistant established his research group. In 2022, he joined the Biology Graduate program at York University as an associate member.

He has published several high-profile research articles in top scientific journals like Nature Immunology, Immunity, Frontiers in Immunology and OncoImmunology. Dr. Abdul-Sater has been recognized with several prestigious awards including the “Stars Career Development Award” from the Arthritis Society, a “Research Chair in the Regulatory Mechanisms of Inflammation” from York University, the “Bhagirath Singh Early Career Award in Infection and Immunity” from CIHR and the “Faculty of Health Dean’s Early Career Research Award” from York University.