Akiko Iwasaki

Akiko Iwasaki
岩崎明子
Born (1970-09-13) September 13, 1970
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Toronto, National Institutes of Health
Spouse
(m. 2007)
Children2
AwardsNational Academy of Medicine Elected Member
Scientific career
FieldsImmunobiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology
InstitutionsYale University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
External videos
"Long Covid: A parallel pandemic", Akiko Iwasaki and others, Knowable Magazine, August 8, 2022.

Akiko Iwasaki (岩崎明子, Iwasaki Akiko; born September 13, 1970) is a Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University. She is also a principal investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her research interests include innate immunity, autophagy, inflammasomes, sexually transmitted infections, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, respiratory virus infections, influenza infection, T cell immunity, commensal bacteria, COVID-19, and long COVID.

Iwasaki was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018. She was the 2023–2024 president of the American Association of Immunologists.