Dr. Jason Botten is a Professor of Medicine at the Immunobiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont (since 2021). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of In New Mexico in 2000, he started his Post-doctoral research there. In 2002–2005, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), and later as an Assistant Professor. In 2008, he moved to the University of Vermont and worked as an Assistant Professor. he is a member of the American Society of Microbiology, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society of Virology. His research focuses on host-pathogen interactions among pathogenic RNA viruses (e.g., arenaviruses, hantaviruses, and flaviviruses) and their incidental human hosts and natural animal or insect reservoirs. The major goals of his research program are to (i) discover key virus-host interactions that are essential for the virus and/or can be targeted for the development of therapeutics and vaccines, (ii) define the natural history of the human T and B cell responses to these pathogens and determine their contribution to protective immunity and/or immunopathologic disease, (iii) develop new cutting-edge assays and reagents for the field, and (iv) translate our most promising discoveries in therapeutics and vaccines.