KristaLDongMD

Infectious Disease • Cambridge, MA

HIV/AIDS Medicine, International Health, Travel & Tropical

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Office
400 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2001 - 2005
University of RochesterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 1998

Clinical Trials

Phase 2 Trial of LACTIN-V in Women at High Risk of HIV Acquisition Start of enrollment: 2021 May 10
Completed
Phase 2
Study of VRC07-523LS, CAP256V2LS, and Vesatolimod, in Early Antiretroviral-treated HIV-1 Clade C-infected Women Start of enrollment: 2022 Jun 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

'It is scary to pause treatment': perspectives on HIV cure-related research and analytical treatment interruptions from women diagnosed during acute HIV in Durban, Sou...
Deli Mthimkhulu, Krista L Dong, Mzwakhe Wiseman Ngcobo, Deborah Mindry, Ayanda Zulu
HIV Research & Clinical Practice. 2025-12-01
Development of a latency model for HIV-1 subtype C and the impact of long terminal repeat element genetic variation on latency reversal.
Shreyal Maikoo, Robert-Jan Palstra, Krista L Dong, Tokameh Mahmoudi, Thumbi Ndung'u
Journal of Virus Eradication. 2024-12-01
4 citations
Differences in HIV-1 reservoir size, landscape characteristics and decay dynamics in acute and chronic treated HIV-1 Clade C infection.
Kavidha Reddy, Guinevere Q Lee, Nicole Reddy, Tatenda J B Chikowore, Kathy Baisley
Medrxiv. 2024-10-09

Journal Articles

Metagenomic Sequencing of HIV-1 in the Blood and Female Genital Tract Reveals Little Quasispecies Diversity During Acute Infection
Krista L Dong, Anne Piantadosi, Douglas S Kwon, mBio

Press Mentions

Umlazi Women to Receive Treatment Aimed at Lowering HIV RiskJune 1st, 2021
New Allies in the HIV FightFebruary 10th, 2016
Major Gift Further HIV/AIDS Research and Patient CareFebruary 12th, 2016