ASCI / Young Physician-Scientist Awards, 2022
The Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
About the awardee
Jennifer M. Dan, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the Univeristy of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Dan graduated from Boston University School of Medicine. She joined the physician-scientist traning program and completed her internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She carried out her postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Shane Crotty at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) on the immunology of recurrent strep throat in children. She was awarded an NIH/NIAID K08 in 2018 and was subsequently appointed as a Clinical Associate at LJI. Her current research focuses on assessing immune responses in immunocompromised patients.