Jonathan Moorman

Jonathan Moorman (Grad ’04, Med ’91, Res ’94 CM) received the 2016 Distinguished Faculty Award for Research, one of the top three honors given to faculty each year at East Tennessee State University. Winners were nominated by their peers, and each received a medallion, a plaque and a cash prize. Dr. Moorman, who joined the Quillen College of Medicine in 2001, is a professor and vice chair for research and scholarship as well as chief of infectious diseases in the department of internal medicine. His research has focused on mechanisms of immune evasion by chronic viral infection, and he has published more than 60 articles in prestigious medical journals. Dr. Moorman earned both his medical degree and his doctorate from the UVA School of Medicine.