Ellen Vitetta

Ellen S. Vitetta ita ce darakta na Cibiyar Kula da Ciwon daji a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kudu maso Yammacin Jami'ar Texas a Dallas .

 Rayuwa ta farko 
Vitetta ta sami digiri na farko a Kwalejin Connecticut kuma ta sami digiri a makarantun likitanci da digiri na Jami'ar New York. 

 Ayyuka 
Vitetta farfesa ce a fannin ilimin microbiology da immunology, darektan Cibiyar Immunobiology ta Ciwon daji, kuma tana riƙe da kujerar Sheryle Simmons Patigian Distinguished Chair a cikin Cibiyar Immuobiology ta Siwon daji da kuma kujerar koyarwa ta musamman a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kudu maso Yammacin Texas a Dallas. Ta wallafa takardu 500, ta shirya littattafai da yawa, kuma ta kasance mai kirkiro a kan takardun shaida 24 da aka bayar. An san ta a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan masana kimiyya 100 da aka fi ambaton su a duniya.

Vitetta masanin ilimin rigakafi ne wanda ke gudanar da bincike na fassara ("bench to bedside"). Tare da abokan aikinta, ita ce ta farko da ta bayyana IgD a saman murine B cells kuma ta gano Interleukin-4. Kungiyar bincikenta ta nuna cewa IL-4 ta yi aiki a matsayin "mai sauyawa" ga Ig akan sel B. A cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata, ta haɓaka "makamai masu linzami" na maganin rigakafi don yin niyya da kawar da ƙwayoyin cutar kansa da ƙwayoyan da suka kamu da cutar kanjamau. Wadannan sababbin hanyoyin warkewa an yi nazari sosai a cikin al'adun nama, samfuran dabbobi, kuma, tun daga 1988, a cikin batutuwa sama da 300 na mutane. A shekara ta 2001, Vitetta ta samu nasarar samar da allurar rigakafi ricin, wanda aka gudanar da kimantawa a gwajin asibiti na farko na irin sa.

Vitetta memba ne na Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kasa, Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka, Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya da Kwalejin Microbiology ta Amurka. Ita ce masanin kimiyya na farko daga Texas da aka zaba zuwa Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kasa. Ita ce memba mai kafa R. Franklin Society . Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kungiyar American Association of Immunologists a shekarar 1994  kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Mentoring a shekarar 2002 da kuma lambar yabo ta Lifetime Achievement a shekarar 2007.  A shekara ta 2006, an zabe ta zuwa Hall of Fame na Mata na Texas . A halin yanzu tana aiki a kwamitin masu ba da shawara na Masana kimiyya da Injiniyoyi na Amurka, ƙungiyar da ke mai da hankali kan inganta kimiyya mai kyau a cikin gwamnatin Amurka.

Tsohuwar ɗalibar Vitetta, Linda Buck, ta lashe kyautar Nobel a fannin ilimin lissafi ko magani a shekara ta 2004.

 Kyaututtuka da girmamawa 

 2007 American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award 
 Kwamitin gudanarwa na TAMEST (2007) 
 Gidan shahararrun mata na Texas (2006) 
 Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya (2006) 
 Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka (2003) 
 Kyautar Mentoring, Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun (2002) 
 Kyautar Charlotte Friend, Ƙungiyar Amurka don Binciken Ciwon daji (2002) 
 Kyautar Rosenthal, Ƙungiyar Amurka don Binciken Ciwon daji (1995) 
 Shugaba, Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da Rigakafin Ruwa ta Amurka (1994) 
 Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kasa (1994) 
 Kyautar FASEB a Kimiyya (1991) 
 Kwalejin Kwalejin Microbiology ta Amurka

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