SonyaLynnHeathMD

Infectious Disease • Birmingham, AL

Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 800-822-8816

Fax+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
Completed
Not Applicable
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
Completed
Phase 1
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
Completed
Phase 2
Evaluating the Safety and Immunogenicity of the IHV01 Protein Vaccine Primed and Co-Administered With HIV DNA CON-S Env Vaccine in Healthy, HIV-1-Uninfected Adults Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 01
Withdrawn
Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Performance of an Electronic Medical Record-Based "Syphilis Flag" in Identifying At-Risk Patients in an Emergency Department.
Margaret Hayslip, Sonya Heath, James Booth, Anthony Lee, Lauren A Walter
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2024-10-01
2 citations
Impact of antiretroviral therapy during acute or early HIV infection on virologic and immunologic outcomes: results from a multinational clinical trial.
Trevor A Crowell, Justin Ritz, Lu Zheng, Asma Naqvi, Joshua C Cyktor
AIDS. 2024-07-01
1 citations
The immunogenicity of an HIV-1 Gag conserved element DNA vaccine in people with HIV and receiving antiretroviral therapy.
Jeffrey M Jacobson, Barbara K Felber, Huichao Chen, George N Pavlakis, James I Mullins
AIDS. 2024-06-01

Journal Articles

Antisense-Derived HIV-1 Cryptic Epitopes Are Not Major Drivers of Viral Evolution During the Acute Phase of Infection
Feng 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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