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SUMMARY: Tenth Annual Gerald Medoff\, MD Dinner
DESCRIPTION: 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 D
 ivision of Infectious Diseases Departments of Medicine\, Molecular Microbio
 logy\, Pathology […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>[caption id="attachment_20746" align="alig
 nright" width="280"]<img class="wp-image-20746" src="https://infectiousdise
 ases.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2016/05/Diamond_Photo-MSD-labct-2021_headshoRt-3
 50x550.jpg" alt="Michael Diamond\, MD\, PhD\, is photographed in the McDonn
 ell Pediatric Research Building on April 5\, 2021. Diamond has been develop
 ing a vaccine for the viral Covid-19 coronavirus. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UN
 IVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE" width="280" height="440" /> Diamond[/caption]<
 /p><p>WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases will honor the 10th an
 nual <a href="https://infectiousdiseases.wustl.edu/dr-medoff-honored-with-p
 laque-representing-the-annual-gerald-medoff-md-visiting-professors/">Gerald
  Medoff\, MD Visiting Professor</a> of Infectious Diseases at Washington Un
 iversity School of Medicine in St. Louis with a dinner on May 18\, 2026.</p
 ><p><a href="https://infectiousdiseases.wustl.edu/people/michael-s-diamond/
 ">Michael S. Diamond\, MD\, PhD</a><br />The Herbert S. Gasser Professor<br
  />Division of Infectious Diseases<br />Departments of Medicine\, Molecular
  Microbiology\, Pathology & Immunology<br />Washington University in St. Lo
 uis</p><p>Dr. Diamond is a physician-scientist with research interests in v
 irology and immunology and a focus on emerging RNA viruses\, including flav
 iviruses\, alphaviruses\, and coronaviruses. Dr. Diamond’s scientific accom
 plishments include the discovery of immune sensors that distinguish viral a
 nd host RNA\, the delineation of immune mechanisms of control of viral infe
 ctions\, and the development and study of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.</p><
 p>As part of the Gerald Medoff Visiting Professor lecture series\, Dr. Diam
 ond presented on <em>“Development of Inhibitory Mucosal Vaccines Against Re
 spiratory Viruses” </em>at <a href="https://infectiousdiseases.wustl.edu/ge
 rald-medoff-visiting-professor-features-michael-diamond-md-phd/">WashU Medi
 cine Grand Rounds</a> in December 2025.</p><h5>Event Information</h5><p>Hor
 s d’oeuvres will be served at 6:00 pm\, with a dinner to follow\, at the <a
  href="https://evcadministration.washu.edu/divisions/whittemore-house/">Whi
 ttemore House</a> on the WashU Danforth Campus.</p><p>Please contact <a hre
 f="mailto:smcmanus@wustl.edu?subject=RSVP%20for%20Tenth%20Annual%20Gerarld%
 20Medoff\,%20MD%20Dinner%205/18/2026">Stephanie McManus</a> to RSVP and wit
 h any questions.</p><div style="padding: 15px\; background-color: #d9d9d9\;
 ">Established in 2014\, the annual professorship is named after <a href="ht
 tps://medicine.washu.edu/news/obituary-gerald-medoff-former-director-of-inf
 ectious-diseases-82/">Gerald Medoff\, MD</a>\, <span style="font-size: 1.12
 5rem\;">the first infectious diseases specialist and founding director of t
 he Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medic
 ine in St. Louis.</span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem\;"> During a tenur
 e 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.</span></div><p> </p>
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