
Manuela Raffatellu, MD
Professor | Department of Pediatrics | Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics
University of California, San Diego | School of Medicine
- training
- Medical Training
- M.D. | University of Sassari (2000)
- 2006-2008: Assistant Project Scientist | Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | School of Medicine | University of California at Davis | Davis, CA
- 2005-2006: Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | School of Medicine | University of California at Davis | Davis, CA
- 2002-2005: Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology | College of Medicine | Texas A&M University System Health Science Center | College Station, TX
Scientific Mentor: Andreas J. Bäumler, PhD - societies, fellowships, honors, awards
- Societies
- Elected Member, The American Society for Clinical Investigation
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
- Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
- 2014: Il Candeliere d’Oro Speciale | Story via La Nuova Sardegna
- 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013: Excellence in Teaching Award | UC Irvine School of Medicine
- 2014: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
- 2011: UC Irvine Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research
- 2010: ICAAC Young Investigator Award
- 2009: IDSA ERF and NFID Astellas Young Investigator Award
Fellowships
Honors
Awards - service
- 2017-present: Standing Member, Immunity and Host Defense (IHD) Study Section, NIH
- 2017-present: Editor, Infection and Immunity
- 2010-2017: Editorial Board of Infection and Immunity
- keynote lectures
- 2015: Neidhart-Freter Lecture | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- 2015: 8th Seeon Conference | German Society for Microbiology and Hygiene | Seeon, Germany
- 2014: 6th National Infection Biology Meeting | Marstrand, Sweden
- 2014: UC Berkeley Annual Symposium of the Microbial Student Group | Berkeley, CA, USA
- 2013: UC Davis Research Retreat on Host Microbe Interaction | Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
- 2012: Symposium on Host-Pathogen Interaction | Chang Gung Children’s Hospital and Memorial Hospital | Taipei, Taiwan
- 2009: Swedish Network for Gastrointestinal Infection and Inflammation Workshop | Gothenburg, Sweden