Hugh Auchincloss Jr.

Career Auchincloss was a transplant surgeon and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. For more than 17 years he operated a laboratory in transplantation immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital. His initial area of interest was in xenotransplantation.

In 2006, he joined the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as the principal deputy director. He served in the position until the seventh NIAID director, Jeanne Marrazzo, was appointed in August 2023.

COVID-19 related activity Emails between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Auchincloss regarding NIAID involvement in gain-of-function research and the COVID-19 pandemic were featured during a hearing of the Republican House Energy and Commerce Committee on 2 June 2021.

Medical advisory Auchincloss was elected president of the American Society of Transplantation in 2005. He has authored scientific articles and texts and serves on the editorial boards of scientific publications. In 2010, he married Mary L. McCain Ph.D.