Oral history interview with Barry Coller, MD

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Barry Coller graduated from NYU School of Medicine in 1970. He was Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Stony Brook School of Medicine from 1976 to 1993. He was Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine from 1993 to 2001. Currently, Coller is Head of the Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, Vice President of Medical Affairs, and Physician-in-chief of the Rockefeller University Hospital.

Oral history interview with Gerald Weissman, MD

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Dr. Gerald Weissmann graduated from NYU School of Medicine in 1954. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Rheumatology), Research Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Biotechnology Study Center at NYU School of Medicine. Weissmann co-discovered and named liposomes, phospholipid vesicles that are used to deliver vaccines, enzymes, or drugs to the body. He also presented evidence that identified rheumatoid arthritis as an immune complex disease.