Prof. Bruce Bunnell

Bruce Bunnell, Ph.D., is a professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, TX. Previously, he served as Director of the Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine and Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Bunnell obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. He then pursued Postdoctoral Fellowship research at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan and the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Bunnell was an Assistant Professor at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Research Institute, part of the Ohio State University School of Medicine, before joining Tulane University’s faculty in 2002. Dr. Bunnell’s research program focuses on the basic science and translational applications of adult stem cells isolated from adipose tissue. He is particularly interested in the interactions of MSC with the immune system and how the cells elicit potent anti-inflammatory effects in vivo. He is also interested in the role that ASCs play in subcutaneous adipose tissue disorders such as lipedema. Dr. Bunnell serves as an Editorial Board Member for several stem cell and regenerative medicine-focused journals