Ruslan M Medzhitov PhD
David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Biographical Info

Medzhitov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and earned a B.S. at Tashkent State University before going on to pursue a Ph.D. in biochemistry at Moscow University in 1990. He performed his postdoctoral studies with the late Charles A. Janeway Jr. at Yale University Medical School.
Education & Training
- Ph.D.
- Moscow State University (1993)
Honors & Recognition
- 2010 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science.
Brandeis University (2010)



