This CFAR webinar will feature the REPRIEVE Study. Register here.
Dr. Sarah Joseph is a virologist and evolutionary biologist with extensive experience examining HIV-1 evolution in the CNS and the establishment of long-lived HIV-1 reservoirs. She received a Ph.D. in evolutionary genetics from the University of Texas at Austin. She is now an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina where she has faculty … Read more
The CFAR HIV Clinical Cohort will present an AI & Data Science Workshop about using ChaptGPT as a research assistant. This will be led by Peter Leese, director of the TraCS Data Science Lab and data scientist Josh Fuchs. Hybrid event, held in Bioinformatics 5127 and by Zoom.
Amy Mathers, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology, and Medical Director Antimicrobial Stewardship at UVA School of Medicine. Dr. Mather's research focuses on the use of whole genome sequencing to explore the molecular epidemiology of mobile genetic elements associated with genes of drug resistance, clinical microbiology detection of … Read more
Investigators with the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) are participating in the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco, California, March 9-12. Discover how IGHID members are contributing to the conference.
Join the UNC CFAR SBIS Core for a discussion with UNC School of Medicine and School of Public Health faculty addressing how they made the transition from global to local or vice versa and how they have managed the process both professionally and personally. First with our main speaker, Dr. Sarah Rutstein, and later with … Read more
Daniel T. Leung, MD, MSC, is a Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease) and the Dr. Thomas D. Rees and Natalie B. Rees Presidential Endowed Chair in Global Medicine at the University of Utah. A native of Hong Kong, Daniel received his BSc and MSc from the University of British Columbia, and an MD from Wake … Read more
Dr. Selena An is a general surgery resident at the University of North Carolina. Her research focuses on cancer outcomes and disparities. Previously, she was an NCI global oncology fellow and an NIH-Fogarty global health fellow studying breast cancer care in Malawi. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from the Duke School of Medicine, Master … Read more
Melinda Pettigrew, PhD, is Dean of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of respiratory tract infections, the microbiome, and the One Health threat of antibiotic resistance. The bacterial pathogens that she studies asymptomatically colonize mucosal surfaces, such as the tissues that line the inside of the nose, and … Read more
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Emily Pfaff, PhD, MS, Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, specializes in clinical informatics. She is co-director of Informatics and Data Science with the TraCS Institute. This is a hybrid event, held in Bioinformatics 2127 and Zoom.
The T32 STI/HIV Training Program trains fellows to conduct STI/HIV research, fostering skills in interdisciplinary research. The following will present their work: Teresa (Tess) Filipowicz, MPH; Alexander Commanday, MD; and Lauren Graybill, PhD, MS (virtually)
The T32 Pathogenesis Training Program trains the next generation of researchers in microbiology, preparing them to address critical needs in infectious diseases. The following will present their work: Farhang Aghakhanian, PhD, MSc; Nathaniel Chapman, PhD; Thomas Holowka, MD, PhD; and Zachary Popkin-Hall, PhD.
Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, studies infectious diseases of immunocompromised patients. Dr. Andermann’s research focuses on how intestinal microbiome-host interactions impact infectious complications and other outcomes in patients with hematologic malignancies. Her goal is to develop microbiome-targeted therapies for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in these and other immunocompromised patient … Read more
Tisungane Mvalo, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and the in-country Pediatric Director of UNC Project Malawi. He practices clinically at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, and provides on-the-ground mentorship for the rotating learners. Dr. Mvalo is principal investigator for several ongoing research studies at UNC Project Malawi, including the Innovative Treatment in Pneumonia … Read more
Tan Toon Seng, PhD, received his Bachelor's/Master's in Biomedical Science from the National University of Malaysia. He was awarded the MEXT scholarship from the Japanese government to pursue his PhD at The Joint Research Institute for retroviruses (HuRetro), Kumamoto University, Japan, where he studied HIV-1 host restriction factors. During COVID-19 pandemic, he pivoted into SARS-CoV-2 … Read more
Sara Gianella Weibel, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at UC San Diego. She is the director of the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Translational Virology Core and director of the AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) Virology Specialty Laboratory, where she serves as part of … Read more
The UNC CFAR Developmental Cohort Awardees will present.
Jennifer Halleran, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Ruminant Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. Her research is focused on enteric bacteria and antimicrobial resistance profiles in large animals.
Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS, is an associate professor of neurology specializing in neuro-infectious disease, neuroimmunology, and global health. She is a clinical researcher with a public health background. Her work primarily includes epidemiology and implementation science/quality improvement studies with some clinical intervention work. Learn more.
