Leading Bacteriologist Named to Head Microbiology and Immunology

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Harry L.T. Mobley, Ph.D., an internationally known scientist who studies how bacteria cause urinary tract infections and peptic ulcers, has become the new chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. His appointment was effective July 1.

Mobley, who was also named the Frederick G. Novy Collegiate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, comes to Michigan from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where, for the past 23 years, he studied how bacteria like E. coli, Proteus mirabilis and Helicobacter pylori infect their animal hosts and produce disease. He also directed the school’s graduate program in microbiology and immunology.

“Harry Mobley is one of the world’s top researchers in microbial pathogenesis, a field of great scientific interest with important application in public health and medicine,” says Allen S. Lichter, M.D., dean of the U-M Medical School.

Mobley is a fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology and chairs the Pathogenesis and Host Response Mechanisms group of the American Society for Microbiology, the oldest and largest single life science society, with a membership of 42,000. He is a member of several editorial review boards and serves as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and other organizations. Mobley is the author of more than 240 articles and abstracts in scientific journals, as well as 32 book chapters.

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