Expertise

Routine care for HIV-infected patients, treatment options for HIV+ individuals co-infected by Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C viruses, and management of HIV-associated vaculitides (Kawasaki Disease). Cellular immune response to Chlamydia infections with a long-term goal of improving vaccination strategies. My laboratory focuses on isolation and characterization of CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes responding to Chlamydia infections within the genital tract. Chlamydia pathogenesis; investigation of T cell responses to infected epithelium, and defining protective host cellular immunity.

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Professor, Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Professor, Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Degrees
MD, University of Chicago, 1992
PhD, University of Chicago, 1989
BA, Lawrence University, 1984