Portrait of Peter Crompton
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Peter Crompton

  • 2023
  • Speaker
  • Circle
  • 2023
  • Participant
  • Life Sciences

Peter D. Crompton, M.D., M.P.H., is the Chief of the Malaria Infection Biology and Immunity Unit (MIBIU). Dr. Crompton received his M.D. and M.P.H. from The Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health in 2000. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University in Boston before going on to a fellowship in infectious diseases at NIAID in 2004. After a year of clinical training at NIAID, he earned a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine before joining the Laboratory of Immunogenetics in 2005 to pursue his research interest in malaria immunology. In 2016, he became a senior investigator and chief of the Malaria Infection Biology and Immunity Section. Dr. Crompton is certified in internal medicine and infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. 

Peter Crompton was a Falling Walls Winner in the Life Sciences category in 2023.