Rachael Jackman is an associate investigator at Vitalant Research Institute and an adjunct associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Her research focuses on the immunology of blood transfusion with particular interest in platelet alloimmunization, tolerance and immunomodulation induced by both transfusion and underlying health of the recipient. Dr. Jackman did her undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley in molecular and cell biology, and her Ph.D. at Yale University in immunobiology. She did her postdoctoral training at Vitalant Research Institute (then Blood Systems Research Institute).  

Current Positions

Associate Investigator, Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California 

Adjunct Associate Professor, UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine, San Francisco, California 

Education & Training

B.S., Molecular and Cell Biology, Emphasis in Immunology, University of California, Berkeley 

M.S., Immunobiology, Yale University 

Ph.D., Immunobiology, Yale University 

Post Doctoral Associate, Immunobiology, Yale University 

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Blood Systems Research Institute/University of California, San Francisco

Publications

National Library of Medicine Biography 

Google Scholar Profile