Howard A. Young
Summary
Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.
Dr. Howard Young obtained his Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Washington and carried out postdoctoral research at the NCI under Drs. Edward Scolnick and Wade Parks. He was a member of the Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation at NCI from 1983 to 1989 prior to joining the Laboratory of Experimental Immunology in 1989. He was President of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (2004-2005) and served as Chair of the Immunology Division of the American Society for Microbiology. He has also served as Chair of the NIH Cytokine Interest Group and Co-Chair of the NIH Immunology Interest Group. He is a two-time recipient of the NIH Director's Award for Mentoring (2000, 2006) and in 2006 he received the National Public Service Award.