Lucy S. Tompkins - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine Raphael Valdivia - Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine Alison Weiss - Professor of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Rod Welch - Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Wisconsin at Madison References External links Who Speaks for the Microbes? – article by Falkow Falkow's iBiology recorded teaching "Host-Pathogen Interaction and Human Disease" 1934 births 2018 deaths Deaths from myelodysplastic syndrome American microbiologists Jewish microbiologists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Foreign Members of the Royal Society Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization University of Maine alumni Jewish American scientists Brown University alumni 21st-century American Jews People from Albany, New York Members of the National Academy of Medicine