David S. Weiss, PhD
January 9, 2026 @ 9:15 am - 10:15 am
Dr. David Weiss received his PhD in Microbiology from New York University in 2004. Working under Dr. Arturo Zychlinsky, he studied how Toll-like Receptors work together to fight bacterial infections. He completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University under Drs. Stanley Falkow and Denise Monack, studying virulence mechanisms of Francisella and the role of the inflammasome in host defense. He was the recipient of a three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Giannini Family Foundation and is currently a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease.
