Mitchell H. Grayson, M.D.

Instructor in Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Knox College, Galesburg, IL, BA 1989 Chemistry
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MD 1993 Medicine
Hopsitals of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Internship/Residency 1995 Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Fellowship 1998 Allergy and Clinical Immunology

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Sept. 1995 - June 1998: Johns Hopkins University, Division of Allergy/Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine. Role of adhesion molecules, specifically integrins, in allergic disease. Mentor: Bruce S. Bochner, M.D.
June -- Dec. 1990: University of Chicago, Department of Pathology, Committee on Immunology. Role of the Fc receptor in pre-B cell activation. Mentor: JoseÕ Quintans, M.D., Ph.D.
June -- Sept. 1989: University of Chicago, Department of Neurology. Determination of stoichiometry of acetylcholine receptor/anti-receptor antibody complex in vitro. Mentor: Robert Fairclough, Ph.D.
Sept. 1988 -- June 1989: Knox College, Department of Chemistry. Studies utilizing capillary zone electrophoresis (college honors thesis). Advisor: Christina Schimandle, Ph.D.
June -- Sept. 1988: University of Minnesota, Department of Pathobiology. Human lymphocyte stress protein mRNA expression. Mentor: James OÕLeary, M.D., Ph.D.
Jan.-- May 1988: Knox College, Department of Chemistry. Use of packed electrokinetic columns for separation of biologically active compounds. Mentor: Joseph Gorse, Ph.D.
June -- Aug. 1987: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental Research, Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Clinical Immunology Section. Determination of human IgE epitopes and histamine release from human basophils and rat peritoneal mast cells upon challenge by synthetic LHRH analogues. Mentors: Reuben Siraganian, M.D., Ph.D., William Hook, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-Present Instructor, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Dept. of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
1994-1995 Assistant Instructor, Department of Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2001 New Outstanding VolunteerÑAmerican Lung Association of Eastern Missouri
1999 Pharmacia Fellowship Award
1998 Globus Award for best clinical paper Ð Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine
1989 Phi Beta Kappa
1989 Sigma Xi
1989 National Institutes of Health Student Summer Research Award

PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH SUPPORT

1/1/2000 Ð 12/31/2001 Barnes-Jewish Foundation, "Lymphocyte homing to the spleen" $50,000 for 1/2000-12/2000; $40,000 for 1/2001-12/2001
9/1/2001 Ð 5/31/2006 NIH K08 AI1800-01A1. "Lymphocyte homing to the spleen" $540,000

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine