Dr. Emre Turer
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine
Digestive and Liver Diseases
Emre Turer grew up in Las Vegas, NV, and earned both his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from UCLA. He then completed his MD/PhD training in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Chicago, where he studied the negative regulation of NF-κB and developed a strong interest in inflammatory bowel disease and innate immune signaling. After moving to Dallas and joining UT Southwestern, he completed a clinical fellowship in gastroenterology and a postdoctoral research fellowship in the laboratory of Bruce Beutler.
Since 2017, the Turer Lab has focused on innate immunity in the intestine and host–microbe interactions.