Dr. Bevan received his Ph.D. in Immunology at The National Institute for Medical Research int Mill Hill, London, in 1972. Prior to joining the University of Washington in 1990, he held positions at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,and The Salk Institute. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.