Skip to main content

Julia Antoinette Messina

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Hanes House Room 150, Box DUMC 102359, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


I am a Transplant Infectious Diseases Physician who specializes in the care of immunocompromised patients including solid organ and bone marrow transplant recipients and patients with HIV. My research interests are in infections and clinical outcomes in patients with hematologic malignancies.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2025 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published November 8, 2014
Students Innovate on Ebola

View All News

Recent Publications


Association of appropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy with acute kidney injury in gram-negative sepsis.

Journal Article J Intensive Care Soc · February 2026 BACKGROUND: Despite advances in sepsis management, the relationship between appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy and acute kidney injury (AKI) in sepsis remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the association of appropriate empiric antimicrobial the ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Pain Is in the Brain With the Sugar-Coated Killer.

Journal Article J Infect Dis · December 20, 2025 Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are encapsulated yeasts that have become increasingly common central nervous system (CNS) pathogens within an enlarging populationof immunocompromised host. CNS disease represents a major interaction between ... Full text Link to item Cite
View All Publications

Recent Grants


sHLH Natural History

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Electra Therapeutics · 2025 - 2026

View All Grants

Education


Duke University, School of Medicine · 2018 M.H.S.
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine · 2010 M.D.