Current Appointments & Affiliations
Provisional Faculty in the Department of Surgery
·
2025 - Present
Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Endogenous human herpesviruses 6A/B.
Journal Article Journal of virology · September 2025 Human herpesviruses 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) can integrate into the germline, resulting in inherited viral DNA-now proposed to be called "endogenous HHV-6A/B (eHHV-6A/B)." Present in 0.2-3% of humans, this integrated DNA is passed to offspring and may reactiva ... Full text CiteInterferon and TLR genes, but not endogenous bornavirus-like elements, limit BoDV1 replication after intracerebral infection.
Journal Article PLoS pathogens · May 2025 Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV1) is a disease-causing agent in some livestock and, as has recently been shown, in humans. What constitutes a protective immune response to BoDV1 is unclear. Previous studies found that endogenous bornavirus-like nucleoprotein e ... Full text CitePooled screening for endogenous HHV-6 in subjects with coronary artery disease.
Journal Article Virus Genes · April 2025 Endogenous human herpesvirus 6 (eHHV-6) is integrated into the genomes of approximately 1% of individuals and has been linked to angina pectoris which, like myocardial infarction (MI), generally denotes coronary artery disease. To investigate this associat ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Hypothesis Fund
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hypothesis Fund · 2025 - 2027Integrated HHV-6B-associated systemic lupus erythematosus: assessment of immunopathological mechanism
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HHV-6 Foundation · 2025 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine ·
2015
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania ·
2013
Ph.D.
Emory University ·
2007
B.S.