Education

1965 - A.B. (magna cum laude), Boston University

1969 - M.D., Yale University School of Medicine

Chronology of Employment:

1969-70

Intern, Children's Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

1970-71

Assistant Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

1971-74

Clinical Associate, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

1974-75

Chief Resident, Children's Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

1974-75

Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston

1975-77

Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

1977-82

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine, Boston

1982-86

Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine, Boston

1982-1984

Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

1987-1995

Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston

1996-present

Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver

Editorial Boards: (past and present)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Lymphokine and Cytokine Research

Journal of Immunology

Biotherapy (North American Editor)

Journal of Immunological Methods

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Cytokine

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

European Cytokine Network

Critical Care Medicine

Infection and Immunity

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Special Scientific Recognition:

Warren Scholar, Boston University, 1965.

Borden Research Award in Medicine, Yale Univ. School of Medicine, 1969.

National Institutes of Health, Research Career Development Award, 1980-85.

Holger Crafoord Award, International Society of Blood Purification, 1983.

I.S. Ravdin Lecture, American College of Surgeons, 1984.

Squibb Award, Infectious Disease Society of America, 1986.

National Institutes of Health, MERIT Award, 1987-97

Lars Erik Gelin Lecturer, European Shock Society, 1988.

William Harvey Lecture, William Harvey Institute, United Kingdom, 1991.

Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine, Germany, 1993.

Ludwig Heilmeyer Gold Medal, Ludwig Heilmeyer Society, Germany, 1996

Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, University of Marseille, France, 1997

Member, United States National Academy of Sciences, 1998

Feodor Lynen Lecture, Mosbach Biochemistry Colloquium, Germany, 2002

International Chirone Prize, Italian National Academy of Medicine, 2002

Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 2005

Carol Nachman Prize, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2006

Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, 2006

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashdid al Maktoum Prize in Medical Sciences, Dubai, 2006

Beering Award, University of Indiana, 2008

Crafoord Prize, Sweden, 2009

Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa

American Society for Clinical Investigation

Association of American Physicians

American Association of Immunologists

Infectious Disease Society of America

American Federation of Clinical Research

International Society of Blood Purification

International Endotoxin Society

International Cytokine Society

Scientific Service:

American Society for Clinical Investigation, Counselor, 1985-1988

American Society for Clinical Investigation, Vice President, 1989

Member, AIDS Program Advisory Committee of the NIH, 1991-1995

President, International Cytokine Society. 1995-1996

Member, Board Scientific Advisors, NIAID, NIH, 1996-2001.

Member, Board of Scientific Advisors, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

Member, Board of Governors, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

Member, Board of Advisors, Alliance for Lupus Research. 1998-2006