Background
Griffin, Diane Edmund was born on May 12, 1940 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Rudolph William and Doris Irene (Swanson) Edmund.
educator virologist research physician
Griffin, Diane Edmund was born on May 12, 1940 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Rudolph William and Doris Irene (Swanson) Edmund.
Bachelor, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1962. Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, California, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, California, 1970.
Intern, resident medicine and infectious disease Stanford University Hospital, 1968-1970. Fellow Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1970-1973, assistant professor School Medicine, 1973-1979, associate professor, 1979-1986, professor, 1986—1994, W. Harry Feinstone professor and chair department molecular microbiology and immunology, Bloomberg School Public Health, since 1994, also Distinguished Service professor, Alfred & Jill Sommer chair department molecular microbiology and immunology, director Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI), 2001—2007. Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1973—1979.
Member virology study section National Institutes of Health, 1982—1986, member microbiology and infectious diseases research advisory committee, 1989—1992, chair, 1992—1994. Member advisory committee National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1986—1992.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Infectious Diseases Society America. Member: National Academy of Sciences (council member since 2010), American Academy Microbiology, Institute Medicine, American Society Virology 1987-1989, American Society Clinical Investigation.
Married John Wesley Griffin, June 13, 1965. Children: Christopher Todd, Erik Edmund.