David Sullivan, MD, Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Bloomberg School, has been elected as a new fellow to the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology.
Professor Sullivan, an infectious diseases physician, focuses his research on malaria including its diagnosis, drug action and resistance, molecular biology related to iron and heme, and pathology related to placental malaria. Dr. Sullivan developed patented technology to detect malaria in urine and in blood.
“Election to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) is among the greatest honors a scientist working in the fields of microbial sciences can receive in their lifetime. Together with the entire department, I congratulate David on this impressive accomplishment,” said Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD, the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (2002).