Betsy C. Herold

Betsy C. Herold, MD is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vice Chair for Research at Children's Hospital at Montefiore. She holds a Professorship in Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with over 150 peer-reviewed publications and continuous NIH funding since 1989.

• Specializes in prevention/treatment of infections in immunocompromised patients
• Develops novel vaccines and antivirals for HSV and HIV
• Researches MRSA emergence and Kawasaki disease

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts in Biology (Brown University, 1978)
• Doctor of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1982)
• Pediatrics residency and Chief Resident (Children's Memorial Hospital, 1985)
• Research fellowship at Hagedorn Research Laboratory (Denmark, 1987)
• Pediatric infectious diseases fellowship and postdoctoral virology fellowship (Children's Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University, 1987)

Research Focus: Her lab leads translational prevention research for HSV/HIV, including a single-cycle vaccine paradigm, with applications extending to MRSA and post-viral immunopathology.

Scientific Awards:

• Clinical Science Faculty Mentor Award (2012)
• Henry and Jacob Lowenberg Prize in Pediatrics
• Pediatric Infectious Disease Young Investigator Award

Grants & Leadership: Continuously funded by NIH since 1989 as Director of the Translational Prevention Research Center at Children's Hospital at Montefiore.