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