Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery
·
2023 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Computationally Selected Multivalent HIV-1 Subtype C Vaccine Protects Against Heterologous SHIV Challenge.
Journal Article Vaccines (Basel) · February 24, 2025 Background: The RV144 trial in Thailand is the only HIV-1 vaccine efficacy trial to date to demonstrate any efficacy. Genetic signatures suggested that antibodies targeting the variable loop 2 (V2) of the HIV-1 envelope played an important protective role. ... Full text Link to item CiteAZD5582 plus SIV-specific antibodies reduce lymph node viral reservoirs in antiretroviral therapy-suppressed macaques.
Journal Article Nat Med · October 2023 The main barrier to HIV cure is a persistent reservoir of latently infected CD4+ T cells harboring replication-competent provirus that fuels rebound viremia upon antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption. A leading approach to target this reservoir involve ... Full text Link to item CiteFunctional consequences of allotypic polymorphisms in human immunoglobulin G subclasses.
Journal Article Immunogenetics · February 2023 Heritable polymorphisms within the human IgG locus, collectively termed allotypes, have often been linked by statistical associations, but rarely mechanistically, to a wide range of disease states. One potential explanation for these associations is that I ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Targeting CD180 to induce anti-KSHV response in nonhuman primates
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oregon Health & Science University · 2024 - 2029Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2028SOSIP-NP/mRNA combination for novel preventive and therapeutic HIV-1 vaccine regimens
ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Drexel University ·
2016
Ph.D.
Richard Stockton College ·
2009
B.S.