National Human Genome Research Institute
Chief of the Inflammatory Disease Section, and Scientific Director Emeritus of the Division of Intramural Research
Dan Kastner Bio, May 18, 2022
Dr. Dan Kastner obtained his A.B. summa cum laude in philosophy from
Princeton University in 1973 and a Ph.D. and M.D. from Baylor College of
Medicine by 1982. After completing Internal Medicine residency and chief
residency at Baylor, Dan moved to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in
1985. He is currently an NIH Distinguished Investigator, Chief of the
Inflammatory Disease Section, and Scientific Director Emeritus of the Division
of Intramural Research of the National Human Genome Research Institute
(NHGRI). Throughout his career at the NIH Dan’s research has focused on
using genetic and genomic strategies to understand inherited disorders of
inflammation, often stimulated by patients with relatively rare disorders seen
at the NIH Clinical Center hospital. This work has provided detailed molecular
explanations for these illnesses, has established the conceptual basis for
highly effective targeted therapies, and has informed our understanding of
more common illnesses. Dan’s group also proposed the now widely
accepted overarching concept of autoinflammatory disease to denote
disorders of the evolutionarily ancient innate branch of the human immune
system. Dan has won a number of awards and honors, including election to
the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 and to the National Academy of
Medicine in 2012, and recognition as the recipient of the Thomas Waldmann
Award for Excellence in Human Immunology in 2015, the Ross Prize in
Molecular Medicine in 2019, and the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis in 2021
Presenter of 1 Presentation
Autoinflammatory Disease and the Human Condition
Session Type
Plenary Session
Session Name
Date
Sat, 15.10.2022
Session Time
11:10 - 12:15
Room
Plenary Hall
Lecture Time
11:15 - 12:00
Presenter