Barbara Kazmierczak | |
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Academic background | |
Education | Diploma,
Maine South High School B.A., University of Chicago PhD., Rockefeller University MD., Cornell University Medical College |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Yale School of Medicine. |
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.
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]