Noel R. Rose, is an American immunologist, pathologist, and molecular microbiologist. He is widely known for pioneering autoimmunity during the 1950s and made several contributions to the field of autoimmunity, which brought in the modern era of research into autoimmune disease. He is often referred to as the "Father of Autoimmunity".
During the 1950s, he experimented with an antigen, called Thyroglobulin, on experimental rabbits and discovered an autoantibody that affected the thyroid gland, this was the first instance of autoimmunity. His research on the genetic basis of autoimmune disease at Wayne State University School of Medicine during the 1970s revealed that the major histocompatibility complex determined the risk of all autoimmune disease. Dr. Rose published over 27 journals, 880 articles, and edited or co-edited 22 books. He is currently the co-editor of the 6th edition of the textbook The Autoimmune Diseases, former editor of Clinical Immunology and current editor of The Year in Immunology. While at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine, he worked as a professor of Microbiology and Medicine, director of the Center of Immunology, and director of Clinical Laboratories for twenty years. When he moved to Wayne State UniversitySchool of Medicine, he served as chairman for the Department of Immunology and Microbiology for ten years. Then, when he joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1981, he became chairman for the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and later directed the Center for Autoimmune Disease Research. He was also a professor in the Department of Pathology and professor in the W. Henry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. At one point, he served as the chairman of the Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee of the National Institutes of Health and principal advisor to the former U.S. NIH Director Dr.Elias A. Zerhouni. In 2015, he retired from Johns Hopkins and is currently working as a member of the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Awards and honors
Nobel nominee for being supported for 60 years by the National Institutes of Health.
1994 Awarded Honorary Membership in the Österreichische Gesellschaft fur Allergologie und Immunologie
1997 Universidad Central de Venezuela Honorary Medal, Instituto de Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
