• Keynote Lecture, Intl. Herpesvirus Workshop, online, (2022)
• Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, (2021)
• Grossberg Lecture, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, (2016)
• Fellow, American Society of Microbiology (ASM), (2016)
• Plenary Speaker, Viruses and Cells Gordon Research Conference, Girona, Spain, (2015)
• Keynote Lecture, Intl. Herpesvirus Workshop, Boise, ID, (2015)
• W. Harrington Memorial Lecture, U. Miami Sylvester Cancer Center, Miami, Fl, (2013)
• State of the Art Lecturer, American Society for Virology (ASV), (2011)
• Translational Science Award, U. North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Cancer Center, (2005)
• Medical Alumni Award, U. Oklahoma, (2001)
• Fellowship, Bundesministeriums für Forschung und Technologie (BMFT), (1996)
• Fellowship, Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD), (1993)
• Fellowship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German Merit Scholarship), (1990)

Memberships

• Elected fellow of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

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  Institute Faculty Members Receive Distinguished Professorships

  UNC’s Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost recently announced recipients of the 2025 University Distinguished Professorships. These honors are awarded to faculty whose scholarly achievements, teaching excellence, and service to the Carolina community exemplify the highest standards. The UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases is pleased to recognize the following, who … Read more

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  UNC-led consortium to study HIV-related cancers in sub-Saharan Africa

  A team of UNC researchers are partnering with colleagues at four institutions in Africa to study HIV-associated malignancies. With a five-year, $6 million grant from the NIH’s National Cancer Institute, the research consortium will look at screening and diagnosing innovations for three cancers common to people with HIV: Kaposi sarcoma, cervical cancer and lymphoma. Leading … Read more

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  Faculty affiliates turn focus to COVID-19 treatments, prevention research

    Researchers within UNC’s School of Medicine are working tirelessly to provide knowledge to impact the current COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics. “UNC SOM is home to many world-renowned experts on infectious disease and virology,” says Blossom Damania, Boshamer Distinguished Professor and Vice Dean for Research at the UNC School of Medicine. “We are very … Read more

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