Thomas C Quinn, MD

Professional Titles

• Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

Global Health, Center for

Research Interests

HIV Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Care, Virology

Lab Website

Thomas Quinn Lab

• Research in the Thomas Quinn Lab encompasses epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical features of HIV/AIDS internationally, which includes the interaction between STDs and tropical diseases on the natural history and spread of HIV/AIDS in developing countries. Our recent research has examined the viral kinetics and transmission probabilities of HIV among discordant couples with the subsequent design and application of interventions, including therapy to prevent transmission of HIV. Molecular studies have mapped the molecular epidemic of HIV on a global basis, linking virologic changes to the spread of HIV and measuring the demographic impact of the epidemic.

Research Summary

Dr. Quinn is Senior Investigator and Head of the Section on International AIDS Research in the Laboratory of Immunoregulation at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He currently directs the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine P3 HIV/AIDS Research Facility and the International STD Research Laboratory.

Dr. Quinn has been involved in clinical, virological and epidemiologic investigations of HIV/AIDS in 29 countries, with current projects in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, India, China, and Thailand. He was one of the first scientists to identify the AIDS epidemic and its cause HIV, in Africa in the early phases of the global pandemic. In 1984, he helped establish the interagency project called "Project SIDA" in Kinshasa, Zaire which was the largest AIDS investigative project in sub-Saharan Africa.

His investigations have involved the study of the epidemiologic, virologic, immunologic features of HIV infection in Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Asia. His research interests have involved laboratory investigations that have helped define the biological factors involved in sexual and perinatal transmission of HIV, the natural history of HIV infections in developing countries, and the identification and characterization of unique strains of HIV-1 infection.  Immunologic studies have included the changes in T-cell phenotypes and cytokines in patients with HIV infection and other endemic tropical diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.

Honors

• U.S.P.H.S. Outstanding Service Award, NIAID NIH
• Outstanding Scientific Publication
• Charles C. Shepard Science Award, National Center for Infectious Diseases
• Special Recognition Award, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
• American College of Preventive Medicine Award
• Meritorious Service Award, U.S.P.H.S.
• Best Doctors in America, Infectious Diseases, HIV and STDs
• Lifetime Achievement Award, ASTDA
• Award in Infectious Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine
• Distinguished Service Award, U.S.P.H.S.
• Heroes in Medicine Award, IAPAC
• Elected Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
• Elected Fellow, American Association for Advancement in Science
• Mary Betty Stevens Award for Clinical Research, ACP Maryland Chapter
• The Thomas Parran Award, The American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association
• Benjamin Kean Global Health Award, Weill Cornell School of Medicine
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Notre Dame
• Commencement Speaker, University of Notre Dame Graduate School

Memberships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow, Fellow
• American College of Physicians
• American Federation for Clinical Research
• American Medical Association
• American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, President,1990-1992
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Association of American PhysiciansInstitute of MedicineInternational Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases ResearchInternational Union Against Venereal Diseases and Treponematoses, North American Representative
• Molecular Medicine SocietyThe Infectious Diseases Society of America, Fellow
• The National Council for International HealthThe New York Academy of Science
• U.S.P.H.S. Commissioned Officers' Association