Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Surgery
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2021 - Present
Surgery, Surgical Sciences,
Surgery
Associate Professor of Pathology
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2022 - Present
Pathology,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
Immune Responses to BK Virus in Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment.
Journal article J Infect Dis · February 18, 2026 BACKGROUND: BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) DNAemia in renal transplant recipients increases risk of allograft failure, but BKPyV-specific therapies are not available. While treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been reported, safety in a prospectiv ... Full text Link to item CiteEnhanced control of BK polyomavirus in kidney transplant recipients is associated with distinct NK cell profiles 3693
Conference The Journal of Immunology · November 1, 2025 Abstract Description BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) reactivation is associated with significant morbidity in kidney transplant recipie ... Full text CiteElephant in the room: natural killer cells don't forget HIV either.
Journal article Curr Opin HIV AIDS · March 1, 2025 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Like elephants (and T cells), accumulating evidence suggest natural killer (NK) cells never forget. The description of adaptive or memory NK cells, which can be induced by HIV/SIV infections and vaccines and associated with protective ef ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Antigen-specific MHC-E-mediated NK-cell targeting of the HIV/SIV reservoir
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031Impact of NK Cells on Control of BK Polyomavirus
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030View All Grants
Education
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL Lausanne (Switzerland) ·
2007
Ph.D.
University of Geneva (Switzerland) ·
2002
M.S.
University of Geneva (Switzerland) ·
2000
B.S.