INFECTIOUS DISEASES Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health

The life stages of childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, and the post-partum period are associated with specific biological characteristics that have ramifications for dosing, safety, and efficacy of infectious diseases treatments. Additionally, because they are historically underrepresented in studies, guidelines for preventing and treating infectious diseases among these populations are often based on data from studies involving only the general adult, non-pregnant population. Our research explores the biological nuances to inform treatment strategies that are more precise, effective, and safe during these life stages.

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Infectious Disease Researchers

  • Bob Bollinger, MD

    • Raj and Kamla Gupta Professor of Infectious Diseases
    • 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>

  • Richard E. Chaisson, MD

    • Director, Center for Tuberculosis Research
    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Publications

  • Kunchok Dorjee, MD PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Kelly Gebo, MD MPH

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: <p>Health care utilization, Clinical outcomes research, HIV, COVID, Long COVID, mpox, quality improvement, health care policy</p>

    Research Publications

  • Amita Gupta, MD MHS

    • Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    • 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

  • Petros Constantine Karakousis, MD

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Mycobacterium tuberculosis latency and persistence

    Research Publications

  • Styliani Karanika, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: HIV, Immunology, Tuberculosis, Vaccines

    Research Publications

  • Emily Kendall, MD PhD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: <p>Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Dynamics, Mechanistic Modeling, Tuberculosis, Diagnostics, Transmission</p>

    Research Publications

  • Yuka C. Manabe, MD

    • Associate Director of Global Health Research and Innovation
    • Professor of Medicine
  • Kathleen Raquel Page, MD

    • Professor of Medicine
  • Thomas C Quinn, MD

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: HIV Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Care, Virology

  • Matthew Robinson, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Research Publications

  • Maunank Shah, MD

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Domestic TB, HIV transmission, mHealth interventions, Teaching and mentorship, Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics

  • Chloe L. Thio, MD

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV

  • Jeffrey Tornheim, MD MPH

    • Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Susan Tuddenham, MD MPH

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Sexually transmitted diseases

Clinical Trials

Learn more about Infectious Disease clinical trials underway at Johns Hopkins.

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