Sankar Ghosh-an Indian-origin award winning immunologist has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research .
- Shri Ghosh is the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.
- Ghosh and members of his lab recently uncovered new clues to sepsis that may speed diagnosis. Sepsis a life-threatening illness caused by your body’s response to an infection.
- The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a Congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
