Jay Rappaport, PhD is the director and chief academic officer of the Tulane National Primate Research and a tenured Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Tulane University of School of Medicine. He transferred his research program from Temple University to the primate center in 2018 when he became the director of the center, and has been remarkably successful in directing center operations, obtaining funding for the center and university in general, and maintaining a successful research program.

Professional Awards

• Poster of Distinction Award Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2003
• Junior Investigator Travel Award American Heart Association 2008
• Travel Award Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies 2008