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Benjamin Goldman-Israelow, MD/PhD

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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Biography

Dr. Benjamin Goldman-Israelow is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the section of Infectious Diseases. He obtained his AB in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis and his MD and PhD degrees from The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He joined Yale internal medicine in the ABIM Short Track Pathway, completing residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship training. During fellowship, Dr. Goldman-Israelow joined the laboratory of Dr. Akiko Iwasaki for his postdoctoral studies. There, he has studied SARS-CoV-2 infection, pathogenesis, and immunity in both patients and pre-clinical models. His work has led to the development of one of the first mouse models to study SARS-CoV-2, the identification of immunologic factors contributing to COVID-19 pathogenesis and protection, and the development of a novel mucosal vaccine strategy that protects against pathology and transmission.

Dr. Goldman-Israelow is a practicing infectious diseases physician and also conducts biomedical research. His lab is focused on understanding the development of mucosal immune memory to emerging and endemic respiratory pathogens. Working through the lenses of natural infection and vaccination, the Israelow lab aims to better understand the correlates of protection and transmission of pandemic-associated pathogens, and leverage this research to develop the next generation of mucosal vaccines and therapeutics.

Appointments

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale School of medicine (2022)
Fellow
Yale New Haven Hospital (2022)
ABIM Physician-Scientist Research Pathway Resident
Yale New Haven Hospital / Yale School of Medicine (2022)
Resident
Yale New Haven Hospital (2018)
MD/PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Microbiology (2016)
AB
Washington University in St. Louis, Biology (2006)

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2022
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2019

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Adaptive Immunity; Communicable Diseases, Emerging; Immunity, Cellular; Immunity, Humoral; Immunity, Innate; Immunity, Mucosal; Infections; Infectious Disease Medicine; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccine-Preventable Diseases; Vaccines; Vaccines, Attenuated; Vaccines, Synthetic; Vector Borne Diseases; Viral Vaccines; Virology; Virus Diseases; Zoonoses

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Benjamin Goldman-Israelow's published research.

Publications

Featured Publications

2022

2021

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Young Physician-Scientist Award

  • honor

    Iva Dostanic, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist Trainee Award

  • honor

    Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award

Clinical Care

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2022
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2019

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Yale Medicine

300 George Street

New Haven, Connecticut 06511

United States

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