Dr David Artis
Under the direction of Dr. David Artis, Director of the Friedman Center for Nutrition and Inflammation and the Michael Kors Professor of Immunology, the Friedman Center has made significant headway in the past year. Established in 2018, the Friedman Center is poised to become a leader in nutrition and inflammation research, and a central hub for interdisciplinary collaboration. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Nicholas Collins in May 2022 as the first junior faculty recruit at the Friedman Center for Nutrition and Inflammation. Dr. Collins’ primary appointment will be Assistant Professor of Immunology in the Department of Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine. He will also be a member of the Drukier Institute for Children’s Health, the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Weill Metabolic Health Center, as well as have an affiliation with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell University. Dr. Collins’ work will be a clear intersection of key disciplines and priorities of the Friedman Center.
Dr Nicholas Collins
We were pleased to welcome Dr. Collins to Weill Cornell Medicine in May 2021 for a special virtual seminar sponsored by the Friedman Center, Drukier Institute and Jill Roberts Institute. With his experience in metaorganism immunology as a member of the laboratory of host immunity and microbiome at the NIAID, NIH, Dr. Collins spoke on the impact of reduced dietary intake on memory T cell homeostasis and function.