Training in HIV, AIDS and Opportunistic Infections

Faculty Preceptors of the HIV/AIDS Instiututional T32 Training program ‘ Training in HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis; Basic and Translational Research 

(for any questions about the program, please contact Dr. Vinayaka R. Prasad (vinayaka.prasad@einsteinmed.org) or Dr.Ganjam V. Kalpana(ganjam.kalpana@einsteinmed.org) 

This is a pre-and post-doctoral training program dedicated to HIV research. Currently, there is one post-doctoral training slot available.

1. Vinayaka R. Prasad, PhD – Program Director, Preceptor
   Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
   Research Focus: How chemokines Modulate HIV - 1 replication fitness and disease; Drugs of Abuse and HIV - 1 latency; HIV neuro-Pathogenesis 
2. Ganjam V. Kalpana, PhD –  Associate Program Director, Preceptor
   Professor, Department of Genetics
   Research Focus: HIV-1 Persistence, Molecular Virology, Host - Virus Interactions
3. Joan W. Berman, PhD - Preceptor Department of Pathology
   Research Focus: Mechanisms of HIV Neuropathogenesis; Substance Abuse & NeuroAIDS
4. Michael Berney, PhD - Preceptor
   Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
   Research Focus: Metabolism and Bioenergetics in M. tuberculosis
5. Robert Burk, MD - Preceptor
   Department of Pediatrics
   Research Focus: Role of gut microbiome and HIV disease
6. John Chan, MD - Preceptor
   Professor, Department of Medicine
   Research Focus: Mechanism of Reactivation of Mtb in HIV+ Patients
7. Felipe Diaz Griffero, PhD - Preceptor
   Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
   Research Focus: Role of TRIM5 and TRIMCyp in HIV - 1 Uncoating
8. Harris Goldstein, MD - Preceptor
   Department of Pediatrics
   Research Focus: Hacking the Immune System to Cure HIV Infection; Drug abuse in NeuroAIDS
9. Betsy Herold, MD - Preceptor
   Professor of Pediatrics
   Research Focus: HIV Prevention and Cure; Role of HSV-2 in HIV Replication
10. William R Jacobs, Jr., PhD - Preceptor
    Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
    Research Focus: Role of Mtb Persisters in Drug and Vaccine Efficacy
11. Liise-Anne Pirofski, MD - Preceptor
    Department of Medicine
    Research Focus: Impaired B cell Responses in HIV-infected Persons
12. Steve Porcelli, MD - Preceptor
    Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
    Research Focus: Immune Evasion Pathways in Mtb Infection
13. Michael Ross, MD-Preceptor
    Division of Nephrology
    Research Focus: Mechanisms of Kidney Disease in HIV-infected individuals