Dr. Ralph Budd
Contact
Address
The University of Vermont
D-305B Given Bldg., 89 Beaumont Ave., Burlington, VT 05405-0068
Research Interests
VASE Board Member
Inducted 2025
As a rheumatologist, Dr. Budd’s research has focused primarily on mechanisms of autoimmunity and immune cell death. His accomplishments include the identification of memory T cells following infection, mechanisms of immune cell death by death receptors and proteases known as caspases, and the identification of γδ T cells in Lyme arthritis. Dr. Budd also studies the autoimmune disease lupus and how augmented T lymphocyte homeostatic proliferation in this disorder can promote an autoimmune diathesis.
https://comis.med.uvm.edu/bioviewer/WebBio.aspx?BioID=22685
https://research.com/u/ralph-c-budd
Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/ralph.budd.1/bibliography/public/
Honors and Awards
Professional Experience
1974-1977
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Joseph Collins Foundation Scholar, Cornell Medical College
1983-1986
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Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Member
1989-1992
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RJR Nabisco Research Scholars Award in Immunology
1990-1994
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Pew Scholars Program Award in the Biomedical Science
1994
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Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
1998-1999
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Fogarty International Fellow (Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
2005
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Visiting Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia
2009-2010
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University Scholar (The University of Vermont)
2010
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Juselius Foundation Fellow, Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland
2012
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Member, Association of American Physicians
2013
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Visiting Research Fellow, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK
2013
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Senior Researcher of the Year Award (University of Vermont Medical Group)
2016
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University of Vermont Distinguished Professor
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Senior Research Laureate, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
2018
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Visiting Research Fellow, Malaghan Institute, Wellington, New Zealand
1988-1989
Scientist, Division of Molecular Immunology, Genentech, Inc. Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA.
1989-1992
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT.
1992-1997
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
1995-2005
Associate Chair of Medicine for Research 1995-2022 Director, Immunobiology Program
1997-2022
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
2000-2003
Director, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Program, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
2006-2022
Director, Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases
2022-present
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Patents
Education
“Use of caspase inhibition to block T cell activation” Budd, R.C., Tschopp, J., and Kennedy, N. European patent (1999).
“Augmenting the immune response by promoting cell death of immune cells” Budd, R.C. U.S. Patent Application No.: 14/806,047 (2015).
1969-1970
M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts
1970-1973
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, B.A.
1973-1977
Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, M.D.
1977-1979
Resident in Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
1979-1980
Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
1980-1981
Senior Resident in Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH.
1981-1982
Staff Physician, Cornell University Health Services; Attending Physician, Tompkins Community Hospital, Ithaca, NY.
1982-1984
Fellow in Immunology/Rheumatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
1984-1987
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, Epalinges, Switzerland
1987-1988
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA