• 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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  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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