Harry Pickering, PhD

Contact Information
Harry Pickering, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
1000 Veteran Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: 310-825-1467
Email: [email protected] 

Academic Title
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Education 
PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
MSc, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
BSc, University of Edinburgh

Bio
Dr. Harry Pickering is an immunologist and bioinformatician, he joined the UCLA faculty in 2024 as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Immunogenetics. Dr. Pickering is responsible for assisting with the direction and future growth of a robust Immunogenetics informatics program, including training residents and fellows in the context of his data science activities. 

Prior to joining UCLA, Dr. Pickering obtained his BSc in Biological Sciences and Immunology at the University of Edinburgh and MSc in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He completed his PhD in Infectious & Tropical Diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr. Pickering was a post-doctoral research scholar in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at UCLA from 2020, initially as a Postdoctoral Researcher before progressing to Project Scientist in 2023.

Dr. Pickering’s current research focuses on understanding the interaction between the innate and adaptive immune responses in viral infection in immunosuppressed transplant recipients. His research utilizes modern systems immunology approaches including multiparameter immunophenotyping, transcriptomics, proteomics and epigenetics coupled with bioinformatics and computational modeling to understand disease mechanisms and for predicting clinical outcomes.