Michael B.A. Oldstone, M.D.

Tenth Winford P. Larson Lecturer

Professor
Head, Viral-Immunobiology Laboratory
Departments of Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences and Infectology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

Discovery of New Horizons for Infectious Protein Folding (Prion) Diseases

Friday, October 13, 2006, 12:00 noon
A.I. Johnson Great Room, McNamara Center

Dr. Oldstone is the recipient of numerous awards including the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine (1997) for his work on virus-host interactions and viral pathogenesis, the Biomedical Sciences Award of the Karolinska Institute, Sweden (1994) for contributions in autoimmunity (concept of molecular mimicry), the Rous-Whipple Award for Research Excellence in Investigative Pathology, American Association of Pathologists (1993), the Abraham Flexner Award for Excellence and Contributions in Biomedical Research, Flexner Foundation, Vanderbilt University (1988), and the Cotzias Award for Research Excellence in Nervous System Disease, American Academy of Neurology (1986). In 1996, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. He is the author of the book Viruses, Plagues, & History that speaks to the notion that viruses can shape global events and to the work of those who risked their lives so others may be spared.