Dr. Medzhitov is the Chairman and a Founding Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Vedanta Biosciences. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine.
He is one of the leading pioneers in the field of innate immunity along with his mentor Dr. Charles Janeway, and has received numerous awards including the prestigious Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research, the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Emil von Behring Award.
Dr. Medzhitov is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.