Carol Shoshkes Reiss, an American viral immunologist, was a professor at New York University's Department of Biology between 1991 and 2020.
[1] Reiss attended public schools in South Orange and New Jersey, before joining Bryn Mawr College (A.B.
She earned a Ph.D. in microbiology from Mount Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, an affiliate of City University of New York.
These studies determined that the antiviral response of neurons to cytokines (interferons-b and -g, IL-12, and TNF-a) was profoundly different from cells of other origins.
Other studies developed a vector capable of either being a flexible vaccine platform or effective for killing tumor cells.
She coordinates science faculty advisors for students at Tisch School of the Arts who are writing screenplays that compete for support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.