JEROME ZACK, PhD
Vice Chair of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Associate Director, UCLA AIDS Institute

Jerome Zack is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine as well as Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Zack holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Irvine, an M.S. in Medical Microbiology from California State University, Long Beach, and a Ph.D. in Immunology from University of Texas Southwestern. He joined the UCLA faculty in 1991, and teaches the undergraduate Immunology course. Dr. Zack is also the Associate Director for Basic and Translational Sciences at the UCLA AIDS Institute. The author of more than 100 scientific publications, Dr. Zack is best known for his innovative work on how the AIDS virus (HIV) replicates and causes disease, and in developing new therapeutic approaches for eradicating the AIDS virus. Recently he has focused much of his effort on elucidating how HIV affects blood-forming stem cells, and how stem cell gene therapeutic approaches might be used to fight AIDS.

Read more about Jerome Zack:

• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
• David Geffen School of Medicine
• UCLA Access