Ruslan Medzhitov
Yale University School of Medicine
Healthcare
AMGEN
China
Biography
Ruslan Medzhitov obtained his PhD from Moscow State University in 1993. After postdoctoral training with Charles A. Janeway Jr., Medzhitov became an assistant professor in 1999 at Yale University School of Medicine in the Department of Immunobiology. He is currently the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research interests include biology of inflammation, mechanisms of disease, innate immunity, infection biology, allergy, cell signaling and gene regulation. Medzhitov is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and European Molecular Biology Organization, and he is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Research Interest
Ruslan Medzhitov obtained his PhD from Moscow State University in 1993. After postdoctoral training with Charles A. Janeway Jr., Medzhitov became an assistant professor in 1999 at Yale University School of Medicine in the Department of Immunobiology. He is currently the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research interests include biology of inflammation, mechanisms of disease, innate immunity, infection biology, allergy, cell signaling and gene regulation. Medzhitov is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and European Molecular Biology Organization, and he is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
