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Dennis D. Taub, Ph.D. Dennis D. Taub, Ph.D., Investigator
Chief, Clinical Immunology Section and
Acting Chief, Laboratory of Immunology

E-mail: taubd@mail.nih.gov
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Education:
1985 B.S. Microbiology, B.S. Medical Technology
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1991 Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Brief Chronology of Employment:

1983-1988 - Medical Technologist and Night-Call Supervisor, Full Time and Part Time, Pennsylvania Hospital, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (multiple disciplines including Blood Bank, Microbiology, STAT Lab, Hematology, Serology, Chemistry)
1988-1991       Graduate Student, Temple University of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA., Thesis: “The immunoregulatory effects of staphylococcal enterotoxin B”
1991                 Research Associate, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991-1993       Staff Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH. Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation,, Frederick, Maryland
1993-1997       Head, Clinical Monitoring/Vaccine Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute- Frederick Cancer Research and Development, SAIC-Frederick, Maryland
1997-present   Chief (Acting), Laboratory of Immunology, Chief, Clinical Immunology Section, NIA-IRP, NIH
1998-2004      Director and Manager, Clinical Core Laboratory, NIA-IRP, NIH, Baltimore, MD [CLIA-licensed laboratory in over 49 tests]
1997-2002      Safety Chairperson, NIA-IRP, NIH
1999-2002      Chief, Central Laboratory Services Section, RRB, NIA-IRP, NIH
2006-present   Director, Clinical Core Laboratory, CRB, NIA-IRP, NIH [CLIA-licensed for certain testing]
2008-present   Head, NIA-IRP Repository, NIA-IRP, NIH

Societies:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Association of Blood Banking (AABB)
American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
American Geriatric Society (AGS)
American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP)
American Society of Medical Technologists (ASMT)
American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
Clinical Immunology Society (CIS)
Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA)
Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO)
Leukocyte Biology Society
National Association on HIV Over Fifty (NAHOF)
Society of NeuroImmune Pharmacology (SNIP)
Society for Applied Research in Aging (SARA)
The Endocrine Society

Study Sections:

1994-95, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Immunotherapy Study Section
1995-1997, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Lung Biology Study Section

Honors and Other Special Scientific Recognition:

1981 Scholarship for Excellence in Languages (Latin)
1980-1982  Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society (GPA 3.9) and monetary award for Academic Excellence
1989-1992  National Research Service Awards for Performance
1993 Clinical Immunology Society Science Recognition Award for New Investigators at AAI/CIS meeting, Denver, Colorodo
1997, 1998  EEO Award for Special Acheivement
1997, 2002  NIA On the Spot Award
1999-2008  NIA Staff Recognition Awards (each year)
2000  NIA Sustained High Quality Work Performance (Special Act)
2002  NIA Special Act or Service Award- Leadership in Direction of the Clinical Core Laboratory
2007  NIH Ten-Year Service Award
Other Acadmic Activities:
Editorial Board Positions and Invited Reviews:
1990-Present - Ad hoc Reviewer for Number of Journals (since 1991) including Nature, Journal of Immunology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cell Biology, American Journal of Pathology,Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology, Cellular Immunology, Cytokine, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, American Journal of Respiratory Medicine, Redbook, Alcoholism, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Immunity, Journal of Clinical Investigation, European Journal of Immunology, Vaccine Research, Journal of National Cancer Institute and numerous other journals.
Editor-in-Chief Position:
2006-Present  International Journal of Medical Sciences
2009-Present  Journal of Inflammation
Senior, Regional or Associate Editorial Boards:
2006-Present American Journal of Immunology
2006-Present American Journal of Infectious Diseases
2007-Present Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
2007-2008 International Reviews of Immunology
2008-Present Mediators of Inflammation
1997-Present - Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Investigation
Section Editor:
2008-Present  International Reviews of Immunology, Developmental and Basic Immunology Section

Assistant, Consulting and Technical Editorial Boards:

1995-2001  Journal of Immunology
2000-2002  Journal of Clinical Investigation
2000-2005  Blood
2000-2008 Clinical Immunology
2000-Present  Cellular Immunology

2003-Present  Journal of Clinical Immunology

2005-Present   Current Immunology Reviews

2006-Present   Clinical Interventions in Aging

2006-Present   Experimental Aging Research

2006-Present   Immunological Investigations

2006-Present   Journal of Biological Sciences

2006-Present   International Journal of Cancer Research

2006-Present   Journal of Gerontology, Medical Sciences

2006-Present   Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines

2006-Present   Journal of Neuroinflammation

2006-Present   NeuroImmunoModulation

2006-Present   Journal of Medical Sciences

2006-2008      Journal of Inflammation

2007-Present   Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

2007-Present   Journal of Neurodegeneration and Regeneration

2007-Present   The Open Immunology Journal

2007-Present   The Open Microbiology Journal

2007-Present   The Open Longevity Science Journal

2008-Present   Korean Journal of Medical Sciences

2008-Present   Current Aging Science

2008-Present   Research Journal of Immunology

2009-Present   Stem Cell Review Letters

Editorial Faculty:

2004-Present    Faculty of 1000, Faculty member, Immunoregulation

Guest Series Editor:

2008  Cellular Immunology – Special Issue Series, “Neuroendocrine interactions in the Immune System”

Committees - Intramural:
1997-Present - Chair and/or member of numerous search committees for Lab Chiefs, Tenure Track Investigators, Staff Scientists, Special Experts, Facility Manager, Staff Clinicians and Nurses
1997-2002 - GRC Safety Committee (Chair, generated the majority of current GRC safety and exposure policies as well as shipping transport policies)
1998-2002 - BLSA Executive Committee
1999-2000 - BLSA DNA Advisory Workgroup
2000-2001 - Autopsy Tissue Banking Workgroup
2001-Present - Technology Transfer Committee
2004-2005 - Core Laboratory Advisory Committee
2004-2005 - Senior Clinical Investigator’s Committee
2004-2006 - Animal Care and Use Committee
2008 - Search Committees - member for new Head of CMS and veterinarian for NIA-IRP, for Staff Scientist for LNG and for Safety Manager for NIA-IRP
Committees-Intramural:
1999-Present - ACTG Advisory Council (AIDS-Aging Immune Sub-studies)
2000-Present - Veterans AIDS Cohort Study (VACS)
2000-Present - Chair, Tissue Sample Banking Committee
2000-Present - Member, Clinical Testing Committee
2000-Present - VACS Steering Committee
2002-Present - Member, AFAR National Scientific Advisory Council (NSAC)
Service on Advisory Boards, Councils and Programs:
2000-Present - Mentor, NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program
2000-Present - Neuroscience@NIH
2000-Present - Member, AFAR National Scientific Advisory Council (NSAC)
Teaching Experience:
1986-1988 - Hematology and Blood Bank instructor (laboratory/lectures) for undergraduate in a Medical Technology program at Pennsylvania Hospital.
1987-1991 - Teaching Assistant for the Immunology and Medical Microbiology courses and labs for second and third year medical students, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1988-1991 - Laboratory Supervisor and Trainer of first and second year graduate students, Temple University and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1993-1997 - Supervisor and instructor of post-doctoral fellows and technicians within the Clinical Monitoring Laboratory (PRI, Inc./DynCorp and SAIC-Frederick) in monitoring and researching the tumor antigen-specific vaccine trials and basic cellular immunological techniques for the BRMP/CRB Clinic at Frederick.

1997-1999   “Chemokines and their receptors”- FAES Immunology Series, Bethesda, MD

2001 “Immunology and Aging”- NIH FAES Gerontology Lecture Series

2007 “Understanding the Various Aspects of Immunological Aging and its Relevance to Clinical Pathology”, JHU/NIA Geriatrics Program

2007 - Adjunct Full Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Nashville, TN
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