Alison Morris, MD, MS

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Immunology, and Clinical and Translational Research
  • Division Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and CCM
  • Director, Center for Medicine and the Microbiome
  • UPMC Chair in Translational Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Education & Training

  • MS, Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
  • MD, Duke University, 1995
  • AB, Psychobiology, Harvard College, 1990

Research Interest Summary

HIV-associated lung disease as well as the role of the microbiome in disease.

Research Interests

  • Large cohort epidemiologic studies of HIV and other diseases as well as in translational studies in which physiologic and molecular techniques are applied to patient populations
  • Role of the microbiome in HIV-associated lung disease
  • Understanding and manipulating the respiratory and gut microbiota in the ICU
  • The role of nitrate-reducing bacteria in pulmonary hypertension
  • HIV-associated emphysema and pulmonary hypertension
  • Role of Pneumocystis and other fungi in COPD and HIV
  • Working with collaborators in diverse areas studying the microbiome