Events / Tenth Annual Gerald Medoff, MD Dinner

Tenth Annual Gerald Medoff, MD Dinner

6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Whittemore House, 6440 Forsythe Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63105
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Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, is photographed in the McDonnell Pediatric Research Building on April 5, 2021. Diamond has been developing a vaccine for the viral Covid-19 coronavirus. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases will honor the 10th annual Gerald Medoff, MD Visiting Professor of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis with a dinner on May 18, 2026.

Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD
The Herbert S. Gasser Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology
Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Diamond is a physician-scientist with research interests in virology and immunology and a focus on emerging RNA viruses, including flaviviruses, alphaviruses, and coronaviruses. Dr. Diamond’s scientific accomplishments include the discovery of immune sensors that distinguish viral and host RNA, the delineation of immune mechanisms of control of viral infections, and the development and study of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.

As part of the Gerald Medoff Visiting Professor lecture series, Dr. Diamond presented on “Development of Inhibitory Mucosal Vaccines Against Respiratory Viruses” at WashU Medicine Grand Rounds in December 2025.

Event Information

Hors d’oeuvres will be served at 6:00 pm, with a dinner to follow, at the Whittemore House on the WashU Danforth Campus.

Please contact Stephanie McManus to RSVP and with any questions.

Established in 2014, the annual professorship is named after Gerald Medoff, MD, the first infectious diseases specialist and founding director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. During a tenure that spanned more than three decades, Medoff was dedicated to fostering the careers of others. He guided students, residents and fellows to think critically and push the boundaries of knowledge.