Akiko Iwasaki
Akiko Iwasaki | |
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| 岩崎明子 | |
| Born | September 13, 1970 Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Toronto, National Institutes of Health |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | National Academy of Medicine Elected Member |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunobiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology |
| Institutions | Yale University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| External videos | |
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| "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.