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Office
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233Phone+1 800-822-8816Fax+1 205-933-4497
Education & Training
- University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2003 - 2006
- University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2003
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 2000
Certifications & Licensure
- AL State Medical License 2001 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Pilot Study of Raltegravir/Truvada Versus Efavirenz/Truvada for Adults With Acute IV-1 Infection Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
- A Safety and Immunogenicity Study of a Plasmid DNA Prime and MVA Boost Vaccine in HIV-1 Infected Adults on ART Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
- Randomized, Open-label Phase II Trial to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of MVA-BN Smallpox Vaccine in Immunocompromised Subjects With HIV Infection Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 28
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 35 citationsHIV-Specific CD8+ T Cells from Elite Controllers Are Primed for SurvivalJiyu Yan, Steffanie Sabbaj, Anju Bansal, Nilesh Amatya, John J. Shacka
Journal of Virology. 2013-05-01 - 13 citationsPrevalence of steatotic liver disease, MASLD, MetALD and significant fibrosis in people with HIV in the United States.Samer Gawrieh, Eduardo Vilar-Gomez, Tinsay A Woreta, Jordan E Lake, Laura A Wilson
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2024-03-01 - 12 citationsDrug use is associated with anti-CD4 IgG-mediated CD4+ T cell death and poor CD4+ T cell recovery in viral-suppressive HIV-infected individuals under antiretroviral th...Wei Jiang, Zhenwu Luo, Lisa Martin, Zhuang Wan, Pingfu Fu
Current HIV Research. 2018-01-01
Journal Articles
- Antisense-Derived HIV-1 Cryptic Epitopes Are Not Major Drivers of Viral Evolution During the Acute Phase of InfectionFeng Gao, Sonya L Heath, mBio
Press Mentions
- UAB Conducting Clinical Trials of COVID-19 Drugs, Therapies, Including Two Given to the PresidentOctober 7th, 2020
- Alabama Hospitals Start Widespread Use of Plasma Treatments for CoronavirusSeptember 22nd, 2020
- University of Alabama Birmingham Launches Clinical Trial to Investigate if Tranexamic Acid Can Reduce COVID-19 SeveritySeptember 4th, 2020
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