Jordan Pober

Jordan Pober, MD, PhD is the Bayer Professor of Translational Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology, Pathology, and Dermatology at Yale School of Medicine. He serves as Director of the Human and Translational Immunology Program and Vice-Chair of the Department of Immunobiology for the Section of Human and Translational Immunology. Dr. Pober is also co-founder and co-director of the Joint Yale-Cambridge University Biomedical Research Program and a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge.

Dr. Pober's research focuses on understanding blood vessel functions in human inflammatory and immune responses, and how inflammation and immunity affect vascular health. His work addresses three interrelated problems in vascular endothelial cell biology: T lymphocyte recognition of antigens presented by vascular cells, signaling pathways activated by immune cells within endothelial cells, and pathways of cell injury induced by leukocytes. His experimental approaches involve cultured cell populations, chimeric animal models, and human tissue analysis.

His recent publications demonstrate strong activity across multiple disciplines including vascular biology, transplantation immunology, tissue engineering, and mathematical modeling of biological systems. The research output shows consistent productivity with numerous high-impact publications in 2024-2025 across journals like Nature Communications, American Journal of Transplantation, and Nature Cardiovascular Research.

• Searle Scholar
• Established Investigator of the American Heart Association
• MERIT awardee of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• Warner Lambert-Parke Davis award (1988)
• Rous Whipple Award (2011) from the American Society of Investigative Pathology
• Earl Benditt award (2014) from the North American Vascular Biology Organization
• Basic Science Established Investigator Award (2018) from the American Society of Transplantation
• Bohmfalk Prize for Teaching (2019)
• Election to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (2023)

Dr. Pober has served as Editor of Immunity and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Laboratory Investigation. He was President of the North American Vascular Biology Organization and has directed multiple research programs at Yale. His international collaboration with the University of Cambridge represents a significant research partnership that facilitates exchange of knowledge and resources between institutions. His work has direct clinical applications in improving transplantation outcomes and advancing tissue engineering techniques.