Academic background
Emma obtained her undergraduate degree in Medical Sciences – BMedSc(Hons) – from the University of Birmingham in 2017. She then moved to Oxford to work as a research assistant on the topic of thymus biology and was awarded a Wellcome Trust DPhil Studentship in Infection, Immunology, and Translational Medicine at the University of Oxford in 2019. During her DPhil project, Emma studied the neuroimmune mechanisms regulating body weight homeostasis in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics. After completing her DPhil in 2024, Emma was awarded a Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Institute of Development and Regenerative Medicine, where she will be investigating the role of autoimmunity during heart failure.
Research interests
Emma is an immunologist interested in stromal cell immunology and tolerance. Her postdoctoral research focuses on the role of autoimmunity during heart failure.
Hobbies
Emma is the Head Coach at the University of Oxford Ice Skating Society, and a member of the competitive adult synchronised ice skating team ‘Ice Age’ based in Basingstoke.
Emma has also been involved in organising and running Pint of Science Oxford events since 2020.
Publications:
- Emma R. Haberman et al. (2023) Immunomodulatory leptin receptor+ sympathetic perineurial barrier cells protect against obesity by facilitating brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. Immunity
- Emma R. Haberman*, Conan J.O. O’Brien*, Ana I. Domingos (2021) A Tale of Three Systems: Toward a Neuroimmunoendocrine Model of Obesity. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Emma R. Haberman Ana I. Domingos (2020) Illuminating Neuroimmunity: A Humoral Brain. Immunity
- Heyne Lee, Rowan Flynn, Ishta Sharma, Emma R. Haberman … Sally A. Cowley (2020) LRRK2 Is Recruited to Phagosomes and Co-recruiters RAB8 and RAB10 in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Macrophages. Stem Cell Reports