Howard B. Fleit, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Howard B. Fleit, PhD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair for Education
Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Basic Sciences Tower, Level 9
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8691

Tel: (631) 444-3020
Fax:  (631) 444-3424
Email: howard.fleit@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Research Summary:
Howard Fleit is an immunologist whose research focuses on cellular components of the innate immune system. Phagocytic cells, such as macrophages and neutrophils, are members of the innate immune system and have receptors (Fc receptors) on their plasma membranes that bind antibody molecules and thereby bridge the adaptive immune response to cells of the innate immune system. Fleit utilizes biochemical and cell biological techniques to study how different classes of these receptors transduce a signal in the phagocytes to trigger them to release toxic oxygen intermediates, such as superoxide, which can destroy antibody-coated bacteria.

Education:
Institution and Location Degree Year(s) Field of Study
SUNY at Buffalo, NY B.A. 1973 Biology
SUNY at Buffalo, Roswell Park Memorial Institute Division, NY M.S. 1974 Natural Sciences
New York University, NY Ph.D. 1980 Cell Biology - Basic Medical Sciences

 

Positions and Employment:

1976-80
Graduate Student, New York University School of Medicine
1980-83
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Rockefeller University, NY
1983-89
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University
1989-present
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University
2009-present Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University
2012-present Assistant Dean for Curriculum, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University

 

Other Experience and Professional Memberships:

1986-present American Association of Immunologists
1986-present Society for Leukocyte Biology
1979-present American Association for the Advancement of Science
2007 Harvard-Macy Program for Leading Innovations in Health Care and Education

 

Honors:

1981-83
American Cancer Society Fellowship
1984
NIH New Investigator Award
1985
New York State UUP Faculty Development Award
1986
Catacosinos Young Investigator Award
1986 Sinsheimer Foundation Scholar Award
1987 Provost’s Faculty Travel Grant
1994
New York State UUP Continuing Faculty Development Award
1999, 2002
New York State UUP Professional Development Award
2008 Aesculapius Award for Teaching

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