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Trainee, Year of Entry, Prior Degree & Institution

Mentor – Department / Program

Grant Year

Title of Research Project or Research Topic

Current Position and Institution (Grant Support Obtained)

Livengood, A., 2005 PhD, U of Colorado

 

Carson-Medicine

06-07

Ability of oligonucleotide aptamers to promote efficacy and reduce toxicity of drugs

Scientific Manager, Assay & Product Development, Pathway Genomics Corporation, San Diego

Pollini, R., 2005 PhD,

Johns Hopkins University

Strathdee-Medicine

06-07

Characterize HIV transmission patterns among IDUs and identify factors associate with HIV transmission

Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Mehta, S., 2006 MD,

Case Western Reserve University

 

Schooley/Smith- Medicine

06-07; 07-08

Leishmania-HIV co-infection

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSD

Swan, C., 2007 PhD,

Westmont College

Spina-Pathology

07-08

Antigen-specific cytokine responses

Advanced Science Instructor, The Regents School, Austin, TX

Skasko, M., 2008 PhD,

U of Rochester, NY

 

Guatelli-Medicine

08-09; 09-10

HIV-1 VPU

FDA Chemist Reviewer, Federal Department of Agriculture

Bowman, V., 2009 MD

John A. Burns   School of Medicine Honolulu

 

Schooley-Medicine

09-10

Immune recovery with treatment

Infectious Diseases Physician at Kaiser Permanente San Diego

Lewinski, M., 2011 MD-PhD, University of California San Diego

Spina/Richman/Guatelli-Pathology/Medicine

11-12; 12-13

HIV-1 transcription and RNA processing in primary T cells;

mechanism of Vpu-mediated stimulation of virion-release

 

Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine, UCSD

Munoz, F., 2011 MD-MPH, Autonomous University of Baja California

Garfein-Medicine

11-12; 12-13

HIV, HCV and tuberculosis prevention, substance abuse and stigma among injection drug users

Project Scientist in UCSD GPH Division

Researcher in U.S. –Mexico Border Health Commission, BC, Outreach Office

 

Laird, M., 2008 PhD,

Harvard

 

Smith-Medicine

12-13; 13-14

Examination of the prevalence and specificity of the neutralizing antibody response

 

Senior Scientist, Infectious Disease Market Specialist, PACBIO

Blumenthal, J., 2008 MD, Weill Cornell Medical College

Haubrich-Medicine

12-13; 13-14; 14-15

The Use of Dried Blood Spots to Measure Medication Adherence in PrEP – A Text-Message Adherence Intervention Study

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (UCSD)