Hematology & Hematological Oncology

David W Scott, PhD is Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services School of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD and an alumnus of Antioch College, University of Chicago (MS) and Yale (PhD). Following a fellowship at Oxford University, he held tenured positions at Duke University, University of Rochester and University of Maryland Medical School. He has contributed to over 200 research papers on immunologic tolerance and its application in autoimmune diseases, hemophilia and gene therapy. He is the author of two textbooks, including The Nature of Immunologic Tolerance, he is a recipient of a number of awards, e.g. Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Immunologists, a Boarhaave Professorship at Leiden University in Holland and the 2009 Scientific Achievement Award from AAPS.