- Subtitle:
- Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences: Judy Lieberman
- Series:
- Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
- Topic:
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Science, Medicine, and Technology
- Interviewer:
- Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
- Interviewee:
- Lieberman, Judy
- Supporting Documents:
- Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, document the research of "outstanding scientists from quality institutions" chosen by the Pew Scholars Program to receive four-year stipends.
- Abstract:
- Childhood on the East Coast; the social atmosphere of theoretical physics; Lieberman's social activism; funding in the field of theoretical physics; not conforming to the medical school mold; the atmosphere of the Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Techno-logy Health Sciences and Technology Program; attempting to develop an immunotherapy for HIV using cytotoxic T cells; how clinical observation can provide a research focus; investigating why cytotoxic lymphocyte signaling molecules fail to function in cases of HIV infection; the research challenges presented by developments in pharmaceutical treatments for AIDS; the political obstacles to the development of an AIDS vaccine.