A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody response among people living with HIV who didn’t respond to prior vaccination, according to the results of an international study led by Dr. Kristen Marks, an associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases specialist in the division of Infectious Diseases in the Weill Department of Medicine.The study, reported Dec. 1 in JAMA, showed that hepatitis B...
Drs. Lishomwa Ndhlovu and Dr. Michael Corley in the Division of Infectious Diseases, along with the epigenetics company TruDiagnostic, have uncovered DNA markers associated with retroelements, remnants of ancient viral genetic material, in our genes that act as highly accurate epigenetic clocks predicting chronological age. The results support the idea that certain retroelements in the human genome may be involved in aging.
Dr. Michael Corley and Dr. Lishomwa...
A multinational team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, including lead author Dr. Guinevere Lee, assistant professor of virology in medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, have developed a test that will help measure the persistence of HIV in people affected by viral strains found predominantly in Africa—a vital tool in the search for an HIV cure...
Dr. Brad Jones, associate professor of immunology in medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a $4.2 million MERIT grant to study how the immune system in some people infected with HIV can keep the virus under control, which could lead to novel therapeutic strategies for thwarting or eliminating HIV. The grant, from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH...
The American Academy of Microbiology has elected Dr. Kyu Rhee, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, to its Class of 2024. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.
Dr. Kyu...
A Weill Department of Medicine researcher is leading a deep dive into Medicaid program data nationwide to assess the performance of hospitals who successfully connect Medicaid patients suffering from serious injection-related infections to potentially life-saving substance use disorder treatment versus those that may not.Dr. Shashi N. Kapadia, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently...
Dr. Kyu Rhee, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) entitled “Tri-I Stimulating Access to Research in Residency program (Tri-I StARR).”The program will make it possible for clinical house staff in the Weill Department of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine purse full-time careers as...
Dr. Kyu Rhee, a distinguished physician-scientist currently a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Weill Department of Medicine, has been elected to the esteemed Association of American Physicians (AAP).Election to the AAP is one of the top honors in health and medicine, recognizing physician-scientists exhibiting excellence in the pursuit of medical knowledge and the advancement of basic or translational science...
The study is focused on whether doxycycline may slow the progression of emphysema (a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), in people with well-controlled HIV who are current or former smokers.
Dr. Johnson has mentored investigators working on some of the world's most virulent infectious diseases, from HIV/AIDS to malaria, hepatitis, leptospirosis, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, and cryptosporidiosis.
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