EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BS, Biology (The College of William and Mary)
PhD, Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis (Emory University)

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Judy Minkoff received her BS in Biology from The College of William and Mary and her PhD in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis from Emory University in 2008. She conducted her doctoral research on the host evasion strategies of measles virus at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, under the mentorship of Dr Paul Rota. Judy continued her postdoctoral training at the Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences (USUHS) with Drs. Johnan Kaleeba and Christopher Broder, where she studied Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection in human skin and explored bat immune responses to paramyxoviruses. She later joined Dr Mirella Salvatore’s lab at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she developed an integrase-defective lentiviral vector-based vaccine for influenza. Before joining the tenOever lab, Judy worked as a Medical Writer, developing research-driven content across a range of therapeutic areas including infectious disease, obesity, dermatology, and rare genetic disorders. Her current research interests lie in understanding the interactions between viruses and their hosts with the goal of advancing vaccine and antiviral development for emerging and re-emerging viruses. In addition to her scientific endeavors, Judy performed in the original Off-Broadway musical Lifeline, as part of a chorus of real-life scientists and physicians—bringing science to the stage through storytelling and song.