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Dr. Arthur Weiss is one of the world’s leaders in the study of the signal transduction events that control T lymphocyte responses. His particular interest is in signal transduction by the T cell antigen receptor, how it is regulated, and how abnormalities in these mechanisms can lead to autoimmune diseases. Dr. Weiss is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and is Ephraim P. Engleman Distinguished Professor of Rheumatology, and Chief, Rheumatology Division at UCSF. His other honors include the Distinguished Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology in 2004, the ACR's Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award, the Arthritis Foundation's Lee C. Howley Prize, and the American Association of Immunologists Young Investigator and Meritorius Career Awards. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. | 