Oral History with Dr. Mark Denison, interviewed by Dr. James Crowe, 2025-01-23

Oral history interview conducted in the History of Medicine Collections at Vanderbilt University, between Dr. James Crowe and Dr. Mark Denison.

Dr. James Crowe is Professor of Pediatrics and of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and the Ann Scott Carell Chair, Vanderbilt University. Dr. Crowe received his MD degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also completed his pediatrics residency. Following his clinical training, Dr. Crowe received five years of post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Infectious Diseases at the NIH. He completed infectious diseases fellowship training in 1996 at Vanderbilt. Dr. Crowe's primary research is in viral immunology and antibody sciences related to the developments of new therapeutics and vaccines.

Dr. Mark Denison is Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt. He studies corona viruses, including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) to identify candidates for vaccines and virus attenuation. Dr. Denison is a Fellow of AAAS, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the Association of American Physicians.