Associate Professor (Pathology) And Founding Director, Precision Immunology Laboratory
New York, Ny
Founding director of Precision Immunology Laboratory. The laboratory and core facility were focused on identifying changes to the immune system that correlated with or predicted disease outcome or therapeutic efficacy. Made key contributions to research, clinical trials, and grant applications in a wide variety of disease settings, from cancer, infectious disease, autoimmunity, cardiology, fundamental immunology, to nephrology. Helped secure NYULH Vaccine Center as a site in an NIH Infectious Disease Clinical Research Consortium, named research lab director for that site, and provided an instrumental "innovation" piece to NYULH successful application for NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center designation. Licensed an experimental design tool (ColorWheel) to BD Biosciences. Developed a highly successful industry-academic partnership where industry application scientists would rotate through our research lab, for work on an individualized research project. Key contributor to Cancer Center report on Diversity and Equity issues in the institution, mentor to students, postdocs, and fellows who went on to positions at UCSF, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, University of Colorado, and Moderna.