Alfred I. Tauber, MD

Emeritus Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Tauber is Emeritus Professor of Hematology & Medical Oncology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He is a hematologist and biochemist by training. He served an internship and residency at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, followed by advanced training at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Brigham and Women¹s Hospital (Boston) and MIT. He spent four years on the faculty at Harvard Medical School before joining Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine in 1982. Aside from over 125 research papers in immunology, biochemistry, and cell biology, Dr. Tauber has published extensively on 19th and 20th century biomedicine, contemporary science studies, and ethics. While working in the context of philosophy of science, this latter work more closely aligns with the history of ideas and moral philosophy, where the philosophical problems associated with personal identity, the value structure of science, and the attempts to find coherence in a world fragmented by competing notions of truth have required an inter-disciplinary approach.

Publications

  • Published 1/1/2017

    Tauber AI. Immunity. Whither Immune Identity?: The Evolution of an Idea. 2017; 57-88.

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  • Published 1/1/2017

    Tauber AI. Immunity. A History of the Immune Self: The Evolution of an Idea. 2017; 23-56.

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  • Published 1/1/2017

    Tauber AI. Immunity: How Elie Metchnikoff Changed the Course of Modern Medicine by Luba Vikhanski. Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 2017; 91(1):140-142.

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  • Published 1/1/2017

    Tauber AI. Immunity. Immune Cognition: The Evolution of an Idea. 2017; 129-162.

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  • Published 1/1/2017

    Tauber AI. Immunity. Individuality Revised: The Evolution of an Idea. 2017; 89-128.

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Education

  • Tufts University School of Medicine, MD
  • Tufts University, BS