The Pluripotential Abilities of IL-15 in Vaccines (NIH-Only) |
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| Air date: | Tuesday, December 04, 2007, 8:30:00 AM |
| Category: | NCI CCR Grand Rounds (NIH Only) |
| Description: | Center for Cancer Research - National Cancer Institute Grand Rounds
Dr. Berzofsky graduated Summa cum Laude from Harvard and received a Ph.D. and M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After interning at Massachusetts General Hospital, he joined NIH in 1974. Dr. Jay Berzofsky was appointed Chief of the new Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, in 2003, after being Chief of the Molecular Immunogenetics and Vaccine Research Section, Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, since 1987. Dr. Berzofsky's research has focused on antigen processing and presentation by MHC molecules, the structure of antigenic determinants, cytokine and regulatory cell control of T cell function and avidity, and translation to the design of vaccines for AIDS, malaria, cancer, and viruses causing cancer. He has more than 410 scientific publications. Dr. Berzofsky has received a number of awards, including the U.S. Public Health Service Superior Service Award, the 31st Michael Heidelberger Award, the McLaughlin Visiting Professorship, the Australasian Society for Immunology Visiting Lectureship, the Tadeusz J. Wiktor Memorial Lectureship, and the Herschel Zackheim Lectureship Award. He is past President of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, a member of the Association of American Physicans, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was elected Distinguished Alumnus of the Year for 2007 by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He was also elected Chair of the Medical Sciences Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2007-2008. The primary educational objective of these seminars is to provide new information, ideas, and discussion about timely areas of research with impact on the field of oncology. A secondary educational objective is to elicit participation by individuals from all divisions of the intramural NCI, and thus facilitate more interactions among investigators and groups in the NCI. |
| Author: | Jay A. Berzofsky, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI |
| Runtime: | 00:50:24 |
| CIT File ID: | 14182 |
| CIT Live ID: | 6368 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?14182 |