Ginsberg, Harold S. (1917–2003)
Harold Ginsberg, M.D., conducted early research on adenoviruses. He was the first to demonstrate that adenoviruses cause certain infections, including acute respiratory disease (ARD) and a form of pneumonia that commonly strikes children.
Ginsberg characterized the genome of various adenoviruses and described the molecular mechanisms used by these agents to injure host cells and cause disease.
He had a distinguished career at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University before coming to the NIH in 1993 and was a member of both the National Academy of Medicine (1981) and the National Academy of Sciences (1982).