After graduating from UC Berkeley and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he trained at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. There, he practiced Rheumatology and established his lab, which focuses on immunity to tuberculosis. After 23 years, he joined the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he is currently Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems. Dr. Behar’s lab has made important contributions to our understanding of T cell immunity to tuberculosis. The lab’s ultimate goal is to determine the immunological basis for protective immunity so it can be leveraged in vaccine design and the development of novel vaccine strategies.