Sheldon Malcolm Wolff (1930-1994) was a
physician
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and scientist, investigating causes of
inflammation
Inflammation (from ) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. The five cardinal signs are heat, pain, redness, swelling, and loss of function (Latin ''calor'', '' ...
.
Wolff earned a bachelor's degree from the
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...
in 1952 and a medical degree from
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provide ...
in 1957. In 1960, he joined the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, ) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID's mis ...
, eventually serving as the clinical director. In 1977, he became chair of the Department of Medicine at
Tufts University School of Medicine
The Tufts University School of Medicine is the medical school of Tufts University, a Private university, private research university in Massachusetts. It was established in 1893 and is located on the university's health sciences campus in down ...
. He held this position until his death in 1994.
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Wolff was elected to the ]American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in 1983.
Wolff died of cancer on February 9, 1994.
He notably trained and mentored many great leaders in his career, including Jerome Kassirer, Anthony Fauci
Anthony Stephen Fauci ( ; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical ...
, and former president of the Association of American Medical Colleges
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, Jordan Cohen.
External links
To Sheldon M. Wolff, as we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the clonings of IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta.
References
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National Institutes of Health people
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine alumni
Tufts University School of Medicine faculty