Hackett Named Chief of NIAID Branch

Dr. Charles J. Hackett was recently appointed chief of NIAID's Asthma, Allergy, and Inflammation Branch, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation (DAIT). Previously, he was chief of the molecular and structural immunology section in the Basic Immunology Branch, DAIT. Hackett received his doctoral degree from Wayne State University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Medical Research, Mill Hill, London. Before coming to NIH, he was on the staff of the Wistar Institute and then director of cellular immunology at ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp.