Ralph Budd | Vermont Academy of Science & Engineering

Dr. Ralph Budd

Dr. Ralph Budd is a VASE Board Member, inducted in 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.

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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

1995-2022

Director, Immunobiology Program, Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

1995-2022

Associate Chair of Research Training, Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

1997-2022

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

2006-2022

Director, Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases (VCIID), The University of Vermont

1974-1977 Joseph Collins Foundation Scholar, Cornell Medical College.
1983-1986 Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Member.
1989-1992 RJR Nabisco Research Scholars Award in Immunology.
1990-1994 Pew Scholars Program Award in the Biomedical Sciences.
1994-present Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
1998-1999 Fogarty International Fellow, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009-2010 University Scholar, University of Vermont
2011-present Member, Association of American Physicians
2013 University of Vermont Medical Group – Senior Researcher of the Year
2016 University of Vermont Distinguished Professor
2016 Senior Research Laureate, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

1969-1970 M.I.T., Cambridge, MA

1970-1973 B.A. (Biology), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1973-1977 M.D., Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY