Research Interests
Prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines development
Antibody engineering
Viral pathogenesis
Viral evolution
Gene therapy
Antibody engineering
Viral pathogenesis
Viral evolution
Gene therapy
Selected Grants
Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030Persistent Immunogenicity of IDLV delivering membrane tethered Native-Like HIV-1 Envelope Trimers
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2025 - 2030Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2029Identification of Host-Specific Determinants of APOL1-associated COVAN
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2029U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Administrative Core
ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028The role of Vpr-mediated cell cycle dysregulation in HIV-associated kidney disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · 2022 - 2027Mechanisms of HIV persistence in the kidney (R01)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2022 - 2027Role and Mitigation of Inflammasomes and Inflammation During COVID-19
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2022 - 2027NIAID Virology Quality Assurance - Year 7 Option 6
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2026Understanding the interplay between local viral infection and local inflammation in COVID-19 kidney injury (R01)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025Micro-Particle Delivery of a Potent Intracellular Adjuvant for a Universal Flu Vaccine
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2018 - 2024Recombinant vectored delivery of maternal antibody for transfer into breast milk and across the placenta
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation · 2018 - 2024Targeting the HIV-1 reservoir with a combination of an IDLV-SIVGag therapeutic vaccine and Fc-engineered bnAbs (R01)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023Persistent HIV Infection in the Kidney
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Baylor College of Medicine · 1999 - 2022The Genitourinary Tract as a compartment and reservoir for HIV
ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
In depth characterization of strong and long lasting antibody responses induced by a novel vaccination strategy ·
2014
- 2016
PI ·
Awarded by: Duke University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), NIH funded program