Ron Swanstrom, PhD
Co-Director, UNC Center For AIDS Research
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Areas of Interest
HIV molecular biology, Viral replication, Resistance to protease inhibitors, Latency, NeuroHIV, HIV evolution, Mutagenic nucleosides, Lethal mutagenesis
About
Awards and Honors
- ACS Junior Faculty Award, (1986-1988)
- Elected AAAS Fellow, (2001)
- NIH MERIT Award, (2005)
- Elected Amer. Acad. of Microbiol, (2014)
- Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award, (2021)
Memberships
- Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology
In the news
The UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is an engine for funding HIV research, supported by a competitive NIH P30 infrastructure grant that has been successfully renewed since 1998. It is also a consortium of three complementary institutions (UNC, RTI and FHI) as CFAR Director Ron Swanstrom, PhD, and Associate Director Prema Menezes, PhD, PA-C, … Read more
IAMIGHID: A Community With a Fierce Commitment to Ending HIV Turns 25
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Undergraduate
University of California, Irvine
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PhD
University of California, Irvine