Dr. John O’Shea is the Scientific Director at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the NIH, Chief of the branch of Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, and a senior investigator whose lab studies cytokine signaling transduction. Dr. O’Shea earned his bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University in New York, his MD from the University of Cincinnati, and completed his residency training in internal medicine at SUNY upstate medical center. He then became a fellow at the NIH in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, served as a commissioned officer in the US public health service, and ultimately started his own research group at the NIH in 1989. He has made incredible contributions to our understanding of cytokine signaling, including cloning Jak3 and demonstrating its role in the pathogenesis of severe combined immunodeficiency, as well as developing the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib. Outside of science, Dr. O’Shea is an avid musician, and as you will hear – once played alongside Dr. Francis Collins at the Kennedy Center as the opener for Stevie Nicks.
Credits:
Our thanks to Dr. O’Shea for being on the podcast.
Dr. O’Shea’s faculty page:
https://www.niams.nih.gov/about/niams-leadership/scientific-director-of-intramural-research
Host: Bejan Saeedi
Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke
Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen
Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh
Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson
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