Barbara Kazmierczak

Barbara Irene Kazmierczak is an American microbiologist. She is the Gustavus and Louse Pfeiffer Research Foundation MD-PhD Program Director at the Yale School of Medicine. Kazmierczak is also a professor of medicine and professor of microbial pathogenesis.

Barbara Kazmierczak
Academic background
EducationDiploma, Maine South High School
B.A., University of Chicago
PhD., Rockefeller University
MD., Cornell University Medical College
Academic work
InstitutionsYale School of Medicine.

Career

Kazmierczak joined the faculty at Yale School of Medicine in 2001.[1] The next year, she was the recipient of the 2002 Donaghue Investigator Program award from the Donaghue Medical Research Foundation for her research on how human cells respond to disease-causing bacteria.[2]

In 2014, she was named Director at the Yale Medical Scientist Training Program, replacing James D. Jamieson.[1] By 2019, Kazmierczak was appointed to the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation M.D.-Ph.D. Program Director endowed professorship.[3] She was also elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology[4] and named president of the National Association of MD-PhD Programs and chair of the AAMC's GREAT Group MD-PhD Steering Committee.[5]

References
  1. "For Yale's renowned M.D./Ph.D. Program, a changing of the guard". medicine.yale.edu. 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. "Two Yale Researchers Receive Donaghue Investigator Award". news.yale.edu. October 18, 2002. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  3. "Dr. Barbara Kazmierczak named the Pfeiffer M.D.-Ph.D. Program Director". news.yale.edu. April 8, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. "Kazmierczak and Turner elected fellows of American Academy of Microbiology". news.yale.edu. February 27, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. @YaleMD (September 3, 2019). "Dr. Barbara Kazmierczak was named president, National Association of MD-PhD Programs and chair, MD-PhD Steering Committee of the @AAMCtoday GREAT Group. Way to go, Dr. Kazmierczak! 👏 #YaleInfectiousDiseases" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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