Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, is an evangelist for the immune system. “What's my mission in life? To reveal the power of the immune system in treating most human diseases,” she says on Real, Smart People. An internationally acclaimed physician-scientist, Dr. Merad is also passionate about inspiring new generations of scientists. “For people to follow you, you have to show them that this is exciting,” she says. In this audio portrait, Dr. Merad talks about the promise of immunotherapy and the importance of paying it forward.

Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, is Director of the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the Mount Sinai Human Immune Monitoring Center.

Links:

• Precision Immunology Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (PrIISM)
• Mount Sinai Human Immune Monitoring Center (HIMC)
• Follow Dr. Merad on Twitter 
• Follow PrIISM on Twitter

Music by Blue Dot Sessions