Medzhitov to Deliver Paul Lecture
Dr. Ruslan Medzhitov of Yale School of Medicine will deliver the annual William E. Paul Lecture as part of the NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) on Wednesday, May 21 at 2p.m. E.T. in Lipsett Amphitheater, Bldg. 10, and online at https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=55037.
This annual lecture was established in 2016 in honor of the late Dr. William E. Paul, who led the NIH immunology community. Medzhitov’s talk is titled, “Immunology from First Principles.”
Medzhitov, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University and an HHMI investigator, is a renowned immunologist who has advanced the field of innate immunity, the body’s first line of defense against infections. His research has clarified how toll-like receptors (TLRs) detect microbial threats and initiate immune and inflammatory responses through specific signaling pathways. For this work, he has earned major awards such as the Shaw Prize and membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
For more information or to request reasonable accommodation, email WALSoffice@od.nih.gov. —Diana Gomez