Dr. Medzhitov is an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Medzhitov received his Ph.D. degree from Moscow State University and postdoctoral training at Yale University Medical School with Dr. Charles Janeway, Jr. Dr. Medzhitov’s group studies the mechanisms of innate immune sensing, control of adaptive immunity, and regulation and physiological roles of inflammatory responses.