Professor David Russell

  • William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology (Univeristy of Cornell)
  • Location: Room 103a Clarice Pears

Title: Macrophage Heterogeneity drives disease outcome in tuberculosis

Bio: Professor David G. Russell, Ph.D., is the William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology in Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University.  He graduated from St. Andrews University, Scotland, and Imperial College, UK, and has held positions at the Max-Planck-Institüt, NYU Medical School, Washington University School of Medicine, and Cornell University.  He studies the host/pathogen interplay, most notably between the macrophage and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. He has active collaborations with the MLW Clinical Research Program, Blantyre, Malawi, and holds Honorary Professorships at the Kamuzu University for Health Sciences, Blantyre and at Malawi University for Science and Technology, Limbe. His work is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, USA, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Mueller Health Foundation.

First published: 5 September 2025

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