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