Hugh Auchincloss (immunologist)

Hugh Auchincloss Jr. is an American immunologist and physician-scientist serving as the principal deputy director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 2006. He was previously a transplant surgeon and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and researched at Massachusetts General Hospital for 17 years.

Hugh Auchincloss
Auchincloss, 2006
Alma mater	Yale University Harvard Medical School
Spouse(s)	Laurie Glimcher ​ ​ (m. 1973, divorced)​
Children	3; including Jake Auchincloss
Scientific career
Fields	Immunology
Institutions	Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Early life and education

Hugh Auchincloss Jr. was born to Hugh Auchincloss Sr. (1938−1998) and Katharine Lawrence Bundy. His mother was the daughter of lawyer Harvey Hollister Bundy and granddaughter of banker William Lowell Putnam. Auchincloss Sr. was a longtime surgeon at Columbia University and The Valley Hospital.[1] His father is the first cousin once-removed of stockbroker Hugh D. Auchincloss.[2]

Auchincloss Jr. graduated from Groton School.[3] At Yale University, he completed an A.B. magna cum laude in political science and economics in 1972 and a master’s degree in economics.[3][4] Auchincloss graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He completed his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1976.[4]

Career

Auchincloss was a transplant surgeon and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. For more than 17 years he operated a laboratory in transplantation immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1998, he founded the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center for Islet Transplantation and served as its director until 2003. He subsequently served as chief operating officer of the NIAID Immune Tolerance Network.[4][5]

In 2006, he joined the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as the principal deputy director.[5] He led the development of the Institute’s strategic plan and chaired the NIAID Research Initiative Committee, an internal governance group that has designed and implemented a more efficient approach to planning, developing, and approving NIAID initiatives. Auchincloss is oversees an NIAID initiative to design and implement changes in the Institute’s clinical research infrastructure, which will be flexible and available for domestic and international clinical research on HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Auchincloss is part of an NIAID senior leadership group responsible for reviewing all aspects of HIV/AIDS research policy, including the evaluation of “test and treat” strategies, analysis of results of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clinical trials (including microbicide trials), and coordination of future HIV/AIDS vaccine clinical trials.[4]

In 2005, Auchincloss was elected president of the American Society of Transplantation. He has authored scientific articles and texts and serves on the editorial boards of scientific publications.[5] Auchincloss is on federal and NIH-wide committees, including the Trans-Federal Task Force on Optimizing Biocontainment Oversight, the National Security Strategy/Office of Science and Technology Policy on Optimizing Biological Select Agents and Toxins Working Group, and the National Biodefense Science Board. He was appointed as co-chair of the International Clinical Research Subcommittee of the NIH Global Health Research Working Group and as a member of the NIH Institute and Center Directors Clinical and Translational Science Awards Advisory Board. He also serves as the NIH point of contact for the Emergency Use Authorization program.[4]

Personal life

On August 26, 1973, Auchincloss married Laurie Glimcher, a fellow Harvard Medical School student, at the Memorial Church of Harvard University.[3] Before their divorce, they had 3 children including politician Jake Auchincloss.[6][7]

References

1. "Hugh Auchincloss, Surgeon, Dies at 83 (Published 1998)". The New York Times. 1998-10-31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
2. "Auchincloss wins primary in Massachusetts' 4th District". Roll Call. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
3. "Laurie Hollis Glimcher, Hugh Auchincloss Jr. wed". The Boston Globe. 1973-09-09. p. 69. Retrieved 2021-01-18 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Hugh Auchincloss, M.D." www.niaid.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-18. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "NIAID Announces Five Appointments" (PDF). NIH Record. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2021-01-18. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
6. "In 4th District race, Jake Auchincloss stands out — for the flack he gets | Boston.com". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
7. Powell, Alvin (2006-11-02). "Glimchers are unusual father-daughter duo". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Institutes of Health.