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Annie Antar, MD PhD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: HIV cure, HIV immune non-response, HIV latency
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Justin Bailey, MD PhD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: <p>hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, SARS-CoV-2, respiratory syncytial virus, humoral immune response</p>
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William Ramses Bishai, MD PhD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Molecular biology of mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Joel N. Blankson, MD PhD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Natural Control of HIV-1 Infection
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Bob Bollinger, MD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: <p>Global health workforce education and capacity building; identifying biological and behavioral risk factors for HIV and TB transmission; characterizing the clinical progression and treatment of HIV and related infections; development/evaluation of novel point-of-care diagnostics and implementation of research projects to optimize healthcare capacity and delivery in resource-limited settings.</p>
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Andrea Cox, MD PhD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Hepatitis C virus, Immunotherapy, Protective immunity, T cell, Vaccine, Viral Immunology, Virus
Research Publications
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Amita Gupta, MD MHS
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: <p>TB in pregnancy, Antimicrobial Resistance, Diarrheal Diseases Epidemiology, Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infections, COVID-19, TB, HIV and Co-Infection Care and Treatment Clinical Trials in India and Other Resource-Constrained Countries, Malnutrition and TB-HIV Coinfection in Adults and Children, Mother-to-Child Transmission Prevention, </p>
Research Publications
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Petros Constantine Karakousis, MD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Mycobacterium tuberculosis latency and persistence
Research Publications
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Eric Nuermberger, MD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Drug development for tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, including Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer)
Research Publications
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Thomas C Quinn, MD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: HIV Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Care, Virology
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Stuart Campbell Ray, MD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: <p>Computational biology, Hepatitis C immunology, Hepatitis C virology, HIV pathogenesis, Viral Evolution, Data Science</p>
Research Publications
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Cynthia Louise Sears, MD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: bacteroides fragilis infections, cryptosporidiosis, food borne disease, Infectious diarrheal diseases
Research Publications
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Robert F. Siliciano, MD PhD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Drug therapy for HIV infection
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Dave Thomas, MD
- Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, and HIV
Research Publications
The process of bringing new drug therapies to market begins with the investigation of compounds that have the potential to combat diseases safely and effectively. Drug discovery requires a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, clinical science, and more. Faculty researchers in this specialty use various methods to identify, characterize, and evaluate therapeutic agents.
In the News
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This preventive drug could be a 'game changer' in ending the HIV epidemic
2024-09-17 | NPR | Ethel Weld
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New Study: HIV Genomes That Hide in White Blood Cells Offer New Target to Eliminate Infections
2023-03-27 | Johns Hopkins Medicine News Release | Robert Siliciano, Joel Blankson
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Hunt for infectious disease treatments takes on new urgency
2023-01-18 | The Baltimore Banner | Matthew Hamill