Emanual Maverakis
Emanual Maverakis MD | |
|---|---|
 National Institutes of Health | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Medicine |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (BS, "Summa Cum Laude") Harvard Medical School (MD, "Summa Cum Laude") |
| Awards | Fellow California Academy of Sciences (2019) Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2012) NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2011) Early Career Award Burroughs Wellcome Fund (2007) Early Career Award Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunogenetics |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles La Jolla Institute for Immunology Harvard University Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center United States Department of Veterans Affairs University of California, Davis |
| Thesis | Mhc-guided Processing: Binding of Large Antigen Fragments (2003) |
Emanual Maverakis is an American Physician-scientist and immunologist working in the field of immunogenetics. He is a full professor at the University of California, Davis.
Early life and Education
Emanual Maverakis was born in Oakland, California and spent his early childhood in South Central Los Angeles. His family eventually relocated to Moorpark California where he attended high school. He is of mixed heritage. His mother’s family immigrated to the United States from Jalisco Mexico and his father’s family immigrated from Crete. Although he is now an accomplished academician, following high school Emanual did not immediately pursue a university education. He spent 3 years as a security guard. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he worked with and was mentored by the late Eli Sercarz PhD, a notable immunologist. He graduated from UCLA with departmental honors and as well as with Latin honors, ”Summa Cum Laude.” Worried about his rough vernacular Dr. Sercarz ask Emanual to delay matriculation to Harvard Medical School for one year, which he agreed to. As a medical student Emanual continued his research endeavors, spending a year as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Student Research Fellow at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology between his second and third years of medical school. Emanual graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003 with an MD “Summa Cum Laude,” becoming one of only 15 medical students in Harvard’s 237-year history to graduate with highest honors. [1]
Career
Dr. Maverakis joined the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in 2007, maintaining a joint appointment as an assistant professor in residence at the University of California, Davis. After 6 years with the VA he relocated his laboratory and clinical duties to the University of California, Davis, where he is now a full professor in the Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Dermatology. His research team is known for their research in the field of Predictive modelling as well as for the development of novel analysis tools for immunogenetics. As a principal investigator Emanual has received several awards including an NIH Director's New Innovator Award, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and early career awards from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2019 he was elected to the California Academy of Sciences.[2][3][4][5]
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