Peter Cresswell PhD, FRS

Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Cell Biology and of Dermatology

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Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development

Cancer Immunology

Cell Biology: Cell Biology of the immune system | Cell biology of the host-pathogen interaction | Cellular imaging

Immunobiology

Dermatology: Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale

Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center

Immunology and Immunotherapy

Molecular Virology

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Biography

Dr. Cresswell is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Cell Biology and Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine. He is also an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

He received his B.S. degree in chemistry, his M.S. degree in microbiology from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K., and his Ph.D. degree in biochemistry and immunology from London University. His postdoctoral training was completed at Harvard University with Jack Strominger.

Before assuming his position at Yale, Dr. Cresswell was Chief of the Division of Immunology at Duke University Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, U.K., and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine.