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Alexander Politis, Ph.D.
Division of Physiological and Pathological Sciences

Scientific Review Officer
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (IDM)
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Fellowship (F13)

NIH/CSR
Center for Scientific Review, Room 3210
6701 Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD 20892

Email: POLITISA@csr.nih.gov

Phone Number: 301-435-1150

Dr. Alexander D. Politis is the Chief of the Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Integrated Review Group and the Scientific Review Officer for ZRG1 F13-C (20) SEP Study Section. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland concentrating on cellular biology and comparative physiology. Dr. Politis then turned to immunology with postdoctoral research in signal transduction and gene regulation in interferon-stimulated macrophages at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He subsequently took his interest in macrophages to Human Genome Sciences, Inc., where he worked as a scientist in the Cell Biology Department. Before joining CSR, initially as the SRA for the Immunological Sciences Study Section, Dr. Politis served as the assistant editor for the Journal of Immunology, where he implemented the “Cutting Edge” rapid communications vehicle and served as a section editor. He has also lectured at the University of Maryland in cell biology, immunology, and animal diversity.