Dr. Philipp Mudd

Philip Mudd, MD, PhD is Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and Associate Director of the Center for Vaccines & Immunity to Microbial Pathogens. He is a practicing emergency physician and physician-scientist with expertise in translational virology, immunology and respiratory viral infections. His laboratory focuses on human immune responses to vaccines and viral respiratory infections, with a particular interest in T cell responses occurring in tissues such as the draining lymph node and lung.

Prior Experience:

  • Associate Director, Center for Vaccines & Immunity to Microbial Pathogens, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, United States
  • Practicing Emergency Physician, Greater St. Louis area, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, United States
  • Principal Investigator, Mudd Lab, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
  • Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, United States (2017)
  • Graduate research in T-cell responses to AIDS viruses, AIDS Vaccine Research Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Expertise:

  • Designing and leading basic experimental studies involving humans
  • Translational virology and immunology using clinical specimens
  • Human immune responses to vaccines
  • Human immune responses to viral respiratory infections, including influenza and SARS-CoV-2
  • T cell immune responses
  • Emergency medicine

Awards:

  • Amy H. Kaji MD, PhD Early Investigator Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Bursky Scholar, The Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Dean’s Impact Award, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
  • Sir Alexander Fleming Scholar, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Education and Training:

  • Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, United States
  • MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, United States
  • PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
  • BS, Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, United States