Dr. David Hajjar '77G, '78G, Dean, The Graduate School, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, will be giving a guest lecture titled: Role of inflammatory mediators involved in atherosclerosis.

Dr. Hajjar is a distinguished UNH alumnus, having received his M.S. (1977) and Ph.D. (1978) in Biochemistry working in the laboratory of Dr. Sam Smith (Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Animal Science). He is currently the Rhodes Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Biology and Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has been on their faculty for 35 years, studying inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. He has published over 160 research papers, and has been the recipient of numerous awards from FASEB, the American Heart Association, and the NIH. David also served as Dean of the Graduate School at Cornell for 16 years, and as Executive Vice Provost for 12 years at their medical college.

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