Gustavo Palacios, PhD
About Me
Dr. Gustavo Palacios is a distinguished virologist with over 30 years of experience in the study of emerging infectious diseases. His research focuses on understanding the genetic makeup of viruses and their emergence and transmission. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a member of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute. Previously, he served as the Director of Foundational Sciences at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, where he led the development of genomics technologies for characterizing virus transmission in outbreaks in Africa and South America. Earlier in his career, Dr. Palacios worked at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University, where he conducted seminal research applying next-generation sequencing technologies for pathogen detection and discovery. He is an accomplished educator and mentor and has published extensively (>300) in top-tier scientific journals. Dr. Palacios earned his Master’s degree in Biochemistry and his Ph.D. in Virology from the University of Buenos Aires.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Microbiology
Research Topics
Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Computational Biology, Microbiology, Virulence Genes, Viruses and Virology
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Microbiology [MIC]
Industry Relationships
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