学术人物第四期：Richard Koup

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Richard Koup, M.D.

Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center
Chief, Immunology Laboratory

Major Areas of Research

• Immune correlates of protection from virus infection
• HIV/SIV replication in vivo
• T follicular helper cells in HIV/SIV pathogenesis and vaccination
  

Biography

Dr. Koup received his B.S. in biophysics from the University of Connecticut in 1978 and his M.S. in biochemistry from the University of Connecticut in 1979. He attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he obtained his M.D. in 1982. Dr. Koup served an internship and residency in internal medicine with the Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, from 1982 to 1985. He served in a clinical fellowship (infectious diseases) at the Worcester Memorial Hospital and a research fellowship (viral immunology), at UMass Medical Center, Worcester. Dr. Koup is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases. Dr. Koup previously held several academic appointments at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center that include chief, division of infectious disease; professor, internal medicine; professor, microbiology; and the Jay P. Sanford Professor of Infectious Diseases.

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