Dr. Mathis obtained a PhD from the University of Rochester and performed postdoctoral studies at the Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes in Strasbourg, France and Stanford University Medical Center. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Immunology at HMS and holder of the Morton Grove-Rasmussen Chair in Immunohematology. She presently serves on the advisory boards of Rockefeller University, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Genentech, Pfizer, Amgen, Janssen, and Goldman Sachs Life Sciences. Her lab works in the fields of T cell differentiation, immunological tolerance, autoimmunity, and inflammation.