Ralph
Isberg
PHD
Levy CIMAR Associate Director & Combinatorial Treatment Core Director
Lab Research
TUSM Faculty Profile
— Research Overview
Dr. Isberg has been an acknowledged leader in the field of bacterial pathogenesis for over 30 years, with particular emphasis on pneumonic and diarrheal diseases. He has a major interest in identifying strategies for eliminating drug resistance in nosocomial pathogens, focusing on Acinetobacter baumannii. Among his awards was election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2009.
Appointments
Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Degrees
PhD in Microbiology, Harvard University
Honors & Awards
1983–86
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
1987–92
Presidential Young Investigator Award, NSF
1987–90
Searle-Chicago Community Trust Scholar
1990–17
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Assistant Investigator through Full Investigator
1993
Eli Lilly Award, American Society for Microbiology
1999
Zucker Family Prize for Outstanding Research
2000
NIH MERIT Award
2000
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
2003
Distinguished Faculty Award, Tufts University School of Medicine
2009
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2016
Chair, National Academy of Sciences Microbial Biology Section