About the PI

Betty Diamond, MD
Head, Center for Autoimmune Diseases and
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Director, Laboratory of Autoimmune Diseases
and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine, (AECOM)
350 Community Drive, Room 2314
Manhasset, NY 11030
Tel:  (516) 562-3830
Fax: (516) 562-2921
E-mail: bdiamond@nshs.edu

     

Education

 

Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA BA 1969 Art History, Magna Cum
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA MD 1973 Medicine
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY Resident 1976 Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY Post-doc 1979 Cell Biology

 

 

 


 

 

Professional Activities

 

1986-1990:           Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, S.L.E. Foundation
1986-1990:           NIH ACIS Study Section
1989-1990:           Chairman, NIH ACIS Study Section
1990-1996:           Medical Council, Lupus Foundation of America
1991-2004:           Editorial Board, Lupus
1991                       Editorial Board, Journal of Immunological Methods
1992-1995:           Research Council, American College of Rheumatology
1992-1996:           NIH IMS Study Section
1993-2006:           Scientific Advisory Committee, The Irvington Institute for Medical Research
1994-2000:           Editorial Board, Cellular Immunology
1995-1998:           Councilor, Clinical Immunology Society
1996-2000:           American Heart Assoc., Immunology Study Section
1996-2001:           Board of Scientific Counselors NIAMS; Chair 2001
1996-1999:           National Panel on Silicone Breast Implants
1997-1999:           A.A.I., Committee on Public Affairs
1997-2000:           Member, Arthritis Foundation Review Board
1998                        Immune Tolerance Network Scientific Review Committee
2000-2003:           JDRF Review Panel
2001                       Co-Chair FASEB Summer Autoimmunity Meeting
2001-2003:           A.A.I. Finance Committees
2002                       Chair FASEB Summer Autoimmunity Meeting
2002 -2005:          A.C.R., Ethics Committee
2002 -2005:          Scientific Advisory Board, Pfizer Rheumatology Awards
2003                       Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
2003-2009:            Chair, Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence Steering Committee
2003                       Councilor AAI: President-elect 2008
2004-2008:            Steering Committee Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium
2004                        Scientific Advisory Board: Lupus Research Institute
2006                        Secretary, Kunkel Society
2006-2009:            Board of Directors, American College of Rheumatology
2007-2010:            Member NIAMS Scientific Council
2007                        Editorial Board, Molecular Medicine
2008                        Co-Chair 1st ACR Fellows Meeting
2008                        Editorial Board: Annual Review of Immunology
2009-2010              President, A.A.I
2009                         I.O.M. Committee on Vaccine Safety
2010                         Editorial Board, Arthritis & Rheumatism
2010                         Editorial Board, Cellular Immunology
2010                         Editorial Board, European Journal of Clinical Investigation
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Awards and Honors

 

1979                Meller Award for Basic Science, (AECOM)
1979-1982      American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award
1982-1987      American Heart Association Established Investigator
1985-1990      Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award
1987                 Leo Davidoff Society for excellence in teaching
1986                 American Society for Clinical Investigation
1995                 Association of American Physician
2000                 Scientific Leadership Award, SLE Foundation
2001                 Distinguished Investigator Award, American College of Rheumatology
2002                 Arthritis Foundation, Howley Prize
2004                 Klemperer Award, New York Academy of Medicine and Arthritis Foundation (NY Chapter)
2004                 Recognition Award, National Association of MD-PhD Programs
2005                 Klemperer Award, American College of Rheumatology
2006                  Institute of Medicine
2006                  Fellow, AAAS
2008                  Evelyn V. Hess Research Award, Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
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Last Update

July 19, 2010
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