David Hafler, MD

David is the Edgerly Professor and Chairman Department of Neurology and Professor of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine. As a physician-scientist, David has made seminal discoveries defining the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and autoimmunity; his investigations identified human autoreactive T cells and the mechanisms that underlie their dysregulation including the discovery of human regulatory T cells. He led the discovery of genetic variants causing MS and demonstrated how these variants alter immune responses. David was a Jacob Javits Merit Award Recipient from the NIH and was awarded the Dystel Prize for MS research from the AAN, the Adams Prize from the ANA and was elected to membership in the AOA Society, the ASCI, and the National Academy of Medicine.