We are excited to welcome James Kirby, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to present for our December 2021 Science Lunch. Additional details such as talk title and location to come.

Dr. Kirby is a Principal Investigator in the Experimental Pathology Division of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at BIDMC; Program Director of the Medical Microbiology Fellowships at BIDMC; and an Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kirby and his lab’s goals include advancing the fight against infectious diseases through the development of novel antimicrobials, elucidating how bacterial pathogens cause disease, and developing next generation diagnostics.