
Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD, is director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute and professor in both the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. García-Sastre is also principal investigator at the Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis, cited as one of five Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.