Lowell Young M.D.
Director of the Kuzell Institute for Arthritis & Infectious Diseases at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

Dr. Young is Director of the Kuzell Institute for Arthritis & Infectious Diseases at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San Francisco, where he was most recently Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases. He is a highly regarded infectious disease expert and is a recipient of both the Alexander D. Langmuir Prize and the Garrod Medal for his contributions to the field of anti-infectives clinical research and drug development. He is presently Editor for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and also serves on the editorial boards of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Infection, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice and Infection and Immunity. He was previously Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UCLA. Dr. Young received his MD from Harvard University and his AB from Princeton.