Hugh Auchincloss, M.D.

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Executive Title
Deputy Director
NIH Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Telephone
(301) 761-7348
Address
31 Center Drive, MSC 2520
Bethesda, MD 20814
Education
  • M.D., Harvard Medical School
  • M.A., Yale University
  • B.A., Yale University
Professional Accomplishments
  • Former transplant surgeon and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Operated a laboratory in transplantation immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
  • Founded the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center for Islet Transplantation in 1998 and served as its director until 2003. Elected president of the American Society of Transplantation in 2005.
  • Providing leadership for all NIAID research planning and implementation activities, including helping to prepare and support a strategic vision for NIAID.
  • Overseeing an extensive portfolio of basic, clinical, and applied research, as well as product development for biodefense, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, and immune-mediated disorders.