Nigel Garrett, MBBS, MRCP, MSc, PhD, Honorary Associate Professor in Public Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and head of HIV Pathogenesis and Vaccine Research for Center for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA).
Andrew Owen, BSS, MSc, PhD, FSB, Professor of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool, UK, and Director of the Centre of Excellence in Long-acting Therapeutics (CELT).
Gauri Rao, Pharm.D., M.S., is an associate professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics.
Sid Thakur, BVSc, MVSc, PhD, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Director of Global Health, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.
T32 trainees will present STI/HIV research presentations.
Miriam Braunstein, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, member of the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
Mary F. Kearney, PhD, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, NIH Cancer Center
Robert Bonomo, MD, professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular biology and microbiology, Case Western School of Medicine.
Nihal Altan-Bonn, PhD, Senior Investigator, NIH Laboratory of Host-Pathogen Dynamics
Miguel M. Cabada, MD, MSc, Associate Professor at the Division of Infectious Diseases of University of Texas Medical Branch
Ben Chi, MD, MSc, Professor, Vice Chair of Research and Innovation, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and member of the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases.
Weiming Tang, PhD, Research Associate Professor and Co-Director of UNC Project-China with the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
The 5th Annual Malawi Cancer Symposium is a collaboration between the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more information, please contact ggomani@unclilongwe.org.
David Margolis, MD, is Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, and Epidemiology, and Director of the UNC HIV Cure Center. His research group has a long history of translational HIV research: investigating basic molecular, virological, and immunological phenomenon, and leveraging insights to develop new interventions in HIV disease. He … Read more
Marcia Hobbs, PhD, is a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases. She conducts translational research focused on non-viral sexually transmitted infections; the lab supports a variety of research projects aimed directly at diagnosis, treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections or the use of these infections as bio-markers in evaluating biomedical or … Read more
J. Victor Garcia, PhD, director of the International Center for the Advancement of Translational Science and Oliver Smithies Investigator Professor of Medicine, is interested in how human viruses cause human cancer, how HIV causes AIDS, how SARS-CoV-2 causes COVD-19 and why the immune system is not able to control viral infections. The working hypothesis of … Read more
Michael Emch, PhD, is W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Geography and Epidemiology. He is also a Fellow of the Carolina Population Center. His expertise is in infectious disease ecology, spatial epidemiology, neighborhood determinants of health, and geographic information science applications of public health. He leads the Spatial Health Research Group which conducts research that … Read more
Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Andermann 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 … Read more
Whether you're just starting or further along in your academic journey, the Fogarty Global Health LAUNCH program could be your next big step in making a global impact. Don't miss this opportunity to get your questions answered and set yourself on a path towards meaningful global health research. Question & Answer Session: Date: October 5, … Read more
Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, is a professor of medicine and the scientific director of UNC Project-Malawi. She focuses on the management of HIV disease in developing countries including prevention, interactions with endemic diseases, treatment of opportunistic infections including malignancies and monitoring strategies for antiretroviral therapy in this setting. The evaluation of the use of antiretroviral … Read more
