Ruslan Medzhitov

Ruslan Medzhitov (born March 12, 1966) is a professor of immunobiology and dermatology at the Yale School of Medicine, and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research focuses on the analysis of the innate immune system, inflammatory response, innate control of the adaptive immunity, and host-pathogen interactions. In 2010, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2017 he was named Sterling Professor.