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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 Duke 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

Recent News Items


Published November 8, 2014
Duke Fuqua
Students Innovate on Ebola

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Recent Scholarly Works


Infectious Complications of CD19-targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy: a Multicenter Cohort Study.

Journal article Open Forum Infect Dis · July 2026 BACKGROUND: Our understanding of the epidemiology of and risk factors for postchimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CART) infections is largely based on data from single-center studies with small sample sizes. METHODS: This is a multicenter, cohort stu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Respiratory Viral Infections Following CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy.

Journal article J Med Virol · May 2026 Respiratory viral infections (RVI) are an important infectious complication after chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. However, the epidemiology of RVI following CAR T-cell therapy and their risk factors are not well defined. To describe the inc ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


sHLH Natural History

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Electra Therapeutics · 2025 - 2026

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Education


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