Liise-anne Pirofski
<p>Dr. Liise-anne Pirofski is a physician-scientist. Her research programs focus on host-microbe interaction and antibody immunity to infectious diseases.</p>
<p>She is chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Jacques and Selma Mitrani Chair in Biomedical Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. She is a member of the American Association of Physicians (AAP) and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM), American College of Physicians (ACP), Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She is deeply devoted to biomedical education and mentoring for which she has received numerous accolades, including the American Society for Microbiology William A Hinton Award, the Infectious Diseases Society of America Walter E. Stamm Mentor Award, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Award, Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Basic Science Teaching, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Alumni Association.</p>
<p>Dr. Pirofski received Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in History of Art and Psychology, and her Medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p>
<p>For more information, visit the <a title="Visit the division of infectious diseases" href="/departments/medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/">Division of Infectious Diseases website</a>.</p>
<p><strong>More Information About Dr. Liise-anne Pirofski</strong></p>
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<li><a href="/departments/medicine/news/pirofski-wins-faculty-mentoring-award.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Pirofski Receives Faculty Mentoring Award</a></li>
<li><a href="/uploadedFiles/departments/medicine/JID%20supplement%20published%20version.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Life as an Infectious Diseases Physician Scientist: Science is Humanity’s Lifeline</a></li>
<li><a href="/pirofski_LAA_Award_2017.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2017 Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.idsociety.org/about-idsa/awards/the-walter-e.-stamm-mentor-…. Pirofski Receives the Infectious Diseases of America Walter E. Stamm Mentor Award (idsociety.org)</a></li>
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<div>A leading physician-scientist, Dr. Pirofski studies vaccine and antibody mediated immunity to infectious diseases, including cryptococcosis (the leading cause of fungal meningitis globally), pneumococcal pneumonia, and COVID-19. Her work has identified novel ways by which antibodies protect against pneumonia and the spread of fungal infections. She has spearheaded studies to understand the antibody response to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.<br /><br /></div>
<div>Dr. Pirofski is co-author of the “damage-response framework of microbial pathogenesis,” a novel theory that incorporates the role of the host into the outcome of host-microbe interactions and infectious diseases.<br /><br /></div>
<div>As chief of the division of infectious diseases, Dr. Pirofski helped lead the Einstein and Montefiore response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She also co-authored a widely-cited commentary in the <em>Journal of Clinical Investigation</em> proposing the use of convalescent plasma as a potential treatment for COVID-19 and is leading Einstein and Montefiore’s participation in a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial to test the efficacy of convalescent plasma in hospitalized patients.<br /><br /></div>
<div>Dr. Pirofski, who has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health throughout her career, is a member of the American Association of Physicians and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has received numerous awards for her accomplishments, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Alumni Association.</div>
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