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Black History Month Keynote: Avery August
Add to Calendar 2022-02-28T21:00:00 2022-02-28T22:00:00 UTC Black History Month Keynote: Avery August HUB Robeson Freeman Auditorium
Start DateMon, Feb 28, 2022
4:00 PM
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End DateMon, Feb 28, 2022
5:00 PM
Event Series: Black History Month Events
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Avery August

"R0 and the culture club paradox in diversifying the biomedical sciences" a hybrid-format lecture presented by Avery August, professor of immunology and vice provost for academic affairs at Cornell University.

 

The in-person lecture is located at the HUB Robeson Freeman Auditorium. Masks are required for in-person attendance.

To attend via zoom webinar, please register here.

 

About the speaker:

Avery August is Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Professor of Immunology, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and a Presidential Advisor on Diversity and Equity at Cornell University. He received a BS in Medical Technology from California State University at Los Angeles, a PhD in Immunology from Cornell University’s Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Rockefeller University as a National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow. After a brief stint in industry at the R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute as a Scientist in Drug Discovery, he moved to The Pennsylvania State University, where he was Distinguished Professor, prior to moving to Cornell as Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. His research focuses on understanding the immunological basis for the balance of inflammation and pathology. He has led the development a number of funded programs aimed at diversifying STEM at all levels, including the recently funded Cornell Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) program, the HHMI-Cornell University Research Transfer program, the Cornell Initiative to Maximize Student Development, the Cornell ImmunoEngineering T32 training program, and the Alcorn State University: Penn State University Bridges to the Doctorate Program. He has won a number of awards for his research and for his work in diversifying science. He has served on a number of national and international government and non-profit committees, and is currently on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Disease, and the Board of Trustees for the New York Blood Center. He assumed his current position as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs in 2018, with a portfolio that includes faculty development and diversity, promotions and tenure and academic program review.