Susan R. Weiss
Susan R. Weiss is a professor and vice chair of the Department of Microbiology and director of the Penn Center for Research on Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Pathogens at the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania. Over the last four decades, she has worked on many aspects of coronavirus replication and pathogenesis, making contributions to understanding its basic biology, as well as organ tropism and virulence. Her recent research has focused on human and murine coronavirus interaction with the host innate immune response and viral innate antagonists of double-stranded RNA-induced antiviral pathways. Weiss’ other research interests include the activation and antagonism of the PKR and OAS/RNase L antiviral pathways and pathogenic effects of host endogenous double-stranded RNA.
Weiss is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Harvard University.