Ley, Klaus, MD

Klaus Ley obtain his MD from the University of Würzburg, Germany. In 1994 he became Professor at the University of Virginia 1994 and was director of the Robert M Berne Cardiovascular Research Center from 2001-2007. From 2007 to 2022 he was Professor at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. Since 2022 he is Co-Director of the Immunology Center of Georgia. For his research he received several prestigious awards, including the Bonazinga Award (2008), the Malpighi Award (2010), the Koehler Inflammation Award (2015), and the Landis Award (2017). He was also named Distinguished Scientist by the American Heart Association (2016). He studies integrin activation in inflammatory cells and the autoimmune response to APOB in order to develop a vaccine for atherosclerosis.