Rate My Professor Matthew Poynter

Poynter completed his early studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1989 to 1991 and earned a B.S. with honors in Microbiology from Montana State University in Bozeman, MT, in 1993. He obtained his Ph.D. in experimental immunopathology from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1998, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the University of Vermont from 1998 to 2001. Since joining the faculty at the University of Vermont, he has advanced through academic ranks to full professor. His contributions include mentoring graduate students in the CMB program and overseeing research at the Vermont Lung Center. Key publications encompass studies on lung inflammation pathways, such as 'NF-κB Activation in Airways Modulates Allergic Inflammation' (American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 2004), 'IL-6 is required for airway mucus production induced by inhaled β-defensins' (Journal of Immunology, 2009), and 'Weight Loss Decreases Inherent and Allergic Methacholine Hyperresponsiveness in Mouse Asthma Models' (American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 2016). These works have informed understanding of proinflammatory signaling and therapeutic targets in respiratory diseases.