ACR 2020 EMEUNET Mentor Mentee Meeting- Professor Betty Diamond

To celebrate the approach of ACR 2021, we are releasing the ACR 2020 Mentor Mentee Meeting Podcasts. In this episode, Dr Alvise Berti interviews Prof. Betty Diamond, joined by fellows from basic science and medical/rheumatology worlds, discussing the development of her career as a physician-scientist.
Prof. Diamond graduated with a BA from Harvard University and an MD from Harvard Medical School. She performed a residency in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and received postdoctoral training in immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Prof. Diamond has headed the rheumatology divisions at Albert Einstein School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center. She also directed the Medical Scientist Training Program at Albert Einstein School of Medicine for many years. She is currently head of the Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Diseases at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and director of the PhD and MD/PhD programs of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. A former president of the American Association of Immunology, Prof. Diamond has also served on the Board of Directors of the American College of Rheumatology and the Scientific Council of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
Here, she shares some of her experiences in the field of medical research, especially in lupus, challenges she has faced, and valuable insights into life as an academic clinician.