Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery
·
2023 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Resistance to broadly neutralizing antibodies in perinatally infected infants from a Clade C HIV cohort in Mozambique.
Journal Article AIDS · December 1, 2025 Antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively controls HIV replication but adherence in infants and children remains a challenge. This study analyzed broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) resistance in viral isolates from perinatally infected infants from Mozamb ... Full text Link to item CiteIdentifying correlates of viral rebound timing and viral control in SHIV-infected infant macaques after ART interruption.
Journal Article Sci Transl Med · October 29, 2025 Evaluation of HIV cure strategies requires antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption, but ethical and clinical considerations make this difficult in children. Here, we used a pediatric preclinical model of simian-HIV (SHIV) infection to uncover features as ... Full text Link to item CiteComputationally 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 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.