A public lecture by Michael Lederman
Events
On October 8, 2024, at 18:00, Michael Lederman, professor emeritus of Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Medical Center, will give a public lecture Dissecting the pathogenesis of a pandemic infection
This is a detailed talk that determines how people acquire pathogens, in particular HIV, how some are protected, how immune function fails and is restored and how infection could be effectively and ineffectively prevented and where the future opportunities are.
Short Biography
Michael M. Lederman MD is Professor of Medicine (emeritus) at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals/Cleveland Medical Center where he is also Professor of Pathology, Microbiology/Molecular Biology and Biomedical Ethics. He received his medical degree from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and trained in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland and the VA Medical Center where he served as chief resident in Medicine. He completed fellowship training in Infectious Diseases, received post-doctoral training in cellular immunology in the laboratory of Dr. Jerrold Ellner and joined the faculty at CWRU in 1980. Dr. Lederman has been engaged in HIV/AIDS research since 1982.
His work focuses on the mechanisms whereby HIV infection induces immune dysfunction and on strategies to correct and prevent it. He established the Special Immunology Unit (HIV clinic) at CWRU in 1985 and the NIH funded AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at CWRU in 1987.
He is author of more than 450 peer reviewed research publications and has been elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP) and is a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Academy of Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). He is editor in chief of Pathogens and Immunity.
Location: T102, Cholokashvili Avenue 3/5, T building (opposite to Vaki Park) Working language: English
2024