8 February 2010
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8 February 2010
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ISSN 1449-1907 | Editor-in-Chief ProfileDr. Dennis D. Taub received his Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1991. He subsequently entered the laboratory of Dr. Joost J. Oppenheim as a staff fellow at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland. From 1994-1997, he headed the vaccine monitoring laboratory within the Clinical Services Program at the National Cancer Institute. In early 1997, he moved to the Laboratory of Immunology at the National Institute on Aging as the Chief of Clinical Immunology Section and Chief of Laboratory of Immunology, where he is also the Director of Clinical Core Laboratory, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Taub has wide interests in many areas of biology and medicine, both basic and clinical. His current researches focus on chemokine biology, age-associated changes in immune function, the role of cholesterol and lipid rafts in T lymphocyte signaling and trafficking, novel connections between the immune and endocrine systems, the molecular and biological mechanisms of age-associated thymic involution and the role of homocysteine in immunoregulation. He has published over 190 articles as an author or co-author in peer-reviewed journals, reviews and book chapters. Dr. Taub has rich experience in journal editorial services, including past experience as an Associate Editor for Journal of Clinical Investigation (2000-2002), Journal of Immunology (1995-2001), and Blood (2000-2005). He currently sits on the editorial board of numerous journals including Cellular Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Current Immunology Reviews, Journal of Gerontology (Medical Sciences), Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines, Journal of Clinical Immunology and several others. He is also a member of Faculty 1000, and serves on many Committees/Advisory Boards within NIH or external. Dr. Taub has been the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Medical Sciences since 2006. Contact information: |