|
Dr. Falkow’s research focuses on the understanding of how bacterial agents cause infection and disease. His laboratory is recognized throughout the world for their observations related to molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis. Dr. Falkow was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1984 and the Institute of Medicine in 1997. In 2003, Dr. Falkow received the National Academy’s Waksman Award in Microbiology, one of many past awards for his research efforts. Dr. Falkow served as Chairman of the Department of Medical Microbiology at Stanford from 1981 to 1985 and held past professorships at the University of Washington and Georgetown University Medical Schools. Dr. Falkow is also a past-President of the American Society for Microbiology. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Maine and his Ph.D. from Brown University | 