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CFAR Membership

The Colorado CFAR supports 120 active members from UCD (57%), National Jewish Medical and Research Center (18%), CU-Boulder (8%), Denver Health/Public Health (7%), Colorado State University (4.3%), the Denver VA (3.5%), and the Children's Hospital (2%).

Members bring a diversity of expertise and experience in Basic science, Clinical medicine and research, Behavioral science and Education, and Public Health to HIV research at the University of Colorado and dynamism to the CFAR Research conference. Over half (54%) have earned Ph.D.'s, 40% MD/DO's, 4.4% Pharm.D.'s 2.6% DVM/Ph.D.'s. and 2% R.N.'S.

Thus, the strength of the Colorado CFAR is to juxtapose the creativity and intellectual acuity inherent in these contrasting background and perceptions to allow investigators to contribute in new areas. Each provides new skills and services, new collaborators, new entrée to the questions and the methods related to HIV-related disease pathogenesis, immunology, behavior, prevention and treatment. This range of experience contributes to many opportunities for peer collaborations, mentorship, and active discussion.

Ramesh Akkina, DVM, PhD: Professor, Colorado State University; Pathology; HIV virology; siRNA; HIV experimental therapeutics; Website
Peter Anderson, PharmD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Clinical Pharmacology; Clinical pharmacology of antiretroviral agents; Website
Andrei Augustin, PhD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Immunology

Michelle Barron MD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Infectious Diseases; Immunocompromised host; Website
Janette Beals PhD: Director of Research, University of Colorado Denver; American Indian & Alaska Native Program.; HIV prevention in Native Americans
David Bentley PhD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Website
Marcella Billstrom-Schroeder PhD: Assistant Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology
Susan Boackle MD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Rheumatology Division; B cells; Autoimmunity; Website
Robert Booth PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Addiction Research & Treatment Services; Social Psychology; HIV, drug use, adolescents, prevention
Willi Born PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Immunology; Basic T cell immunity; Website
David Bortz PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado - Boulder; Applied mathmatics mathematical modeling of HIV infection dynamics; Website
Lucy Bradley-Springer PhD, RN: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Mountain Plains AIDS Education/Training Center; HIV education; Minority outreach; Website
Kristin Brousseau DO: Instructor, Veteran's Administration Medical Center; Dept of Psychiatry and Division of Inf Diseases; Neuropsychiatry of HIV, Cognitive impairment in the aging population; Website
Sheana Bull PhD, MPH: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; COHO Senior Behavioral Scientist; Health Communication/IT Core Director; STI and chronic illness prevention; use of information technology applications for health promotion; Website
William Burman MD, MSPH: Associate Professor, Denver Public Health; Infectious Diseases Clinical trials of new methods for TB treatment and prevention; HIV; Staph. aureus; Website

John Cambier PhD: Professor /Chair, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology Autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, allergy; Website
Thomas Campbell MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Infectious Diseases; Clinical trials of antiretroviral drugs and viral pathogenesis; HIV-1; Kaposis Sarcoma; Website
Monica Carten MD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; HIV, women, hormonal contraception
Edward Chan MD: Assistant Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Pulmonary Sciences Tuberculosis, Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, Host immune response to tuberculosis, Host cell immune response to mycoplasma.; Website
Delphi Chatterjee PhD: Professor, Colorado State University; micro, immuno.patho TB and opportunistic pathogens such as Mycobacterium avium infection. Coinfection of immunocompromised individuals; Website
Mair Churchill PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Website
David Cohn MD: Professor, Denver Public Health; Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and mycobacterial infections; global TB; Website
Elizabeth Connick MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Infectious Diseases; Immunopathogenesis of HIV infection tissues, sex differences in HIV-1 infection, acute HIV infection; Website
Paul Cook PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; School of Nursing; Health behavior change; HIV prevention and treatment adherence
Karen Corsi ScD, MPH: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Department of Psychiatry; HIV prevention among drug users.
Adela Cota-Gomez PhD: Instructor, University of Colorado Denver; Pulmonary Sciences; HIV tat and macrophages

Charles Daley MD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Medicine; Tuberculosis, Nontuberculous mycobacteria, Respiratory Infections, Bronchiectasis, clinician education and training; Infectious Disease Website
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Arthur Davidson MD: Associate Professor, Denver Public Health; Preventive Medicine & Biometrics; Informatics; HIV epidemiology; Website
James DeGregori PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Website
Mary Ann DeGroote MD: Assistant Professor, Colorado State University; Microbiology; Mycobacterial diseases and immunopathogenesis; diagnostics; Website
Christopher DeSouza PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado - Boulder; Intergrative physiology HIV and atherosclerosis; Website
Charles Dinarello MD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Infectious Diseases; Cytokines, inflammation, septic shock

Robert Eckel MD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Endocrinology; Metabolic complications; Website
Greg Everson MD: Professor /Director, University of Colorado Denver; Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Hepatitis C and B therapeutics and natural history

John Fitz MD: Professor /Head, University of Colorado Denver; Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Intestinal Complications
Courtney Fletcher PharmD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Clinical Pharmacy; Clinical pharmacology of antiretroviral agents; Website
Sonia Flores PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Webb-Warning Institute; HIV and pulmonary hypertension; Website
Andrew Fontenot MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Allergy/Clinical Immunology; Mucosal T cell immunology; Website
Dan Frank PhD: Senior Research Scientist, University of Colorado - Boulder; Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology; Microbial ecology related to HIV infection.
Alex Franzusoff PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Cellular & Structural Biology; HCV drug development
Brian Freed PhD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Allergy/Clinical Immunology; Mucosal T cell immunology; Stem cell biology; Website

Laurent Gapin PhD: Assistant Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology development, homeostasis and antigen recognition by CD1d-restricted NKT cells.; Website
Robert Garcea MD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Peds Oncology; Human papillomavirus virology and biology; Website
Edward Gardner MD: Assistant Professor, Denver Health and Hospital/Denver Public Health; Infectious Diseases Adherence and Cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy; Website
Ryan Gill Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder; chemical and biological engineering Antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa and B. cepacia; Website
Lucy Golden-Mason PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Gastroenterology & Hepatology Hepatitis C; Local natural Killer cells; Website

James Hagman PhD: Associate Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; Transcription factors that contribute to AIDS-related lymphomas; Website
Bryan Haugen MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Endocrinology; Metabolic complications
Anthony Hayward MD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Barbara Davis Ctr for Childhood Diabetes; T cell immunity
Leonid Heifets MD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Pulmonary Sciences; TB, Mycobacteria diagnostics and therapeutics; Website
James Hill PhD: Professor /Director, University of Colorado Denver Center for Human Nutrition; Website
Michael Holers MD, PhD: Professor /Head, University of Colorado Denver Rheumatology Division; B cells; Autoimmunity; HIV-related B cell regulation; Website
Randall Holmes MD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver Microbiology; Bacterial toxins and mucosal pathogenesis and immunity; Vaccines; Website
Kathryn Holmes PhD: Professor /Chair, University of Colorado Denver Microbiology; Coronavirus; virology; Mucosal pathogenesis; Website
Dirk Homann MD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver Barbara Davis Dtr for Childhood Diabetes; T cell regulation; Website
Edward Hoover DVM, PhD: Professor, Colorado State University; micro, immuno.patho Feline Immunodeficiency virus; Website

Edward Janoff MD: Professor /Head, University of Colorado Denver Infectious Diseases; HIV transmission, Pneumococcal disease, Mucosal immunity, Vaccines, Influenza; Website
Steven Johnson MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver/Veteran's Administration Medical Center; Infectious Diseases; Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV care, cost and outcome, and antiretroviral therapy; Website
LaToya Jones-Braun PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences; HIV vaccine antigen development and testing; Website
Jessica Jones-Carson DVM,PhD: Fellow, University of Colorado Denver; Infectious Diseases; Salmonella immunology; Mucosal vaccine vectors
Franklyn Judson MD: Professor, University of Colorado Hospital; Infectious Diseases; HIV epidemiology and vaccines; Website
Sara Jumping-Eagle MD: Instructor, The Children's Hospital/American Indian & Alaska Native Program; HIV prevention among Native Americans
Jennifer Justice-Kiser PharmD: Pharmacology Fellow, University of Colorado Denver; Clinical Pharmacy; Clinical pharmacology of antiretroviral agents; Website

John Kappler PhD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; Basic T cell regulation; Website
Carol Kaufman PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Psychiatry; Differential Impact of HIV Intervention among Native Youth
Ross Kedl PhD: Assistant Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; Basic Immunology, Inflammation, Infectious Diseases, Innate Immunity (TLRs) and Cancer Immunology; Website
Rob Knight PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chem & Biochem; HIV viral populations and evolution; Website
Lisa Kosmiski MD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Endocrinology; HIV metabolic complications
Abraham Kupfer PhD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Cell Biology; HIV allergy and immunology

Mark Laudenslager PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Behavioral Immunology Lab; Psychoneuroimmunology; Website
Laurel Lenz PhD: Assistant Profressor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; microbial immunity; Website
Moshe Levi MD: Professor /Head, University of Colorado Denver Renal Diseases & Hypertension; Renal and vascular biology; Innovative imaging; Website
Myron Levin MD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver/The Children's Hospital; Pediatrics; Varicella; Vaccines; Pediatric HIV; Website
Ken Lichtenstein MD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Infectious Diseases; HIV Epidemiology, Therapy and Co-morbidities; Website
Xueong Liu PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado,-Boulder; Chemistry and Biochemistry; Study lentiviral mediated gene transfer. Interested in HIV encoded protein interactions with cellular proteins.; Website
Karen Lyda NPH: Instructor University of Colorado Hospital Infectious Disease Group Practice; HIV, drug abuse; Website

Nancy Madinger MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Infectious Diseases; Clinical microbiology, Transplant infectious diseases, HIV care; Website
Philippa Marrack PhD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Microbiology; Allergy, Asthma, Autoimmunity/Rheumatology, Basic Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, T cells/MHC proteins; Website
Jennifer Martin PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder; MCDB; HIV/AIDS-related EBV-dependent lymphomas; molecular mechanisms, viral oncoproteins and B cell signaling.; Website
Samantha MaWhinney ScD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Prev Medicine & Biometrics; Varying coefficient models of immunologic and virologic outcomes and nonignorable dropouts in HIV /AIDS clinical trials; Website
Ian Maxwell PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Dermatology Department HIV dermatology; Website
Martin McCarter MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Surgery; Regional lymphoid pathology; Website
Elizabeth McFarland MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver/The Children's Hospital; Pediatrics; Pediatric HIV and immunology; Website
Charles McHenry PhD: Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; HIV virology; Website
Amie Meditz MD: Instructor University of Colorado Denver; Infectious Diseases; HIV in Women; HIV immunology/Pathogenesis; Website
Christina Mitchell PhD: Director of Research University of Colorado Denver; American Indian & Alaska Native Pgm.; HIV prevention among Native Americans

Rebecca O'Brien PhD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Allergy/Clinical Immunology; Basic Immunology, Inflammation, Infectious Diseases, gamma/delta T cells; Website
Ian Orme PhD: Professor, Colorado State University; micro, immuno.patho TB vaccine, TB drug discovery, and screening; Website

Norm Pace PhD: Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology; Culture-independent analysis of microbes in disease, the immune-compromised.; Website
Brent Palmer PhD: Instructor, University of Colorado Denver; Allergy/Clinical Immunology; Antigen-specific T cell responses; Flow cytometry; Website
Roberta Pelanda PhD: Assistant Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; B cell regulation; Website
Charles Peloquin PharmD: Professor /Director, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Pharmacokinetics Laboratory; Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis, Pharmacokinetics; Website
Esther Ponnuraj PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Pediatrics
Greg Pott PhD: Instructor, University of Colorado Denver/Veteran's Administration Medical Center; Infectious Diseases; HIV-1: identifying the target of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT), and how this molecule exerts its modulatory effects; CMV, VSV; Website
Terry Potter PhD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; cytokines, T cell/MHC peptides; Website

Yosef Refaeli PhD: Assistant Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; HIV-related B cell lymphoma, B cell regulation and humoral defense; Website
Randall Reves MD: Professor, Denver Health and Hospital/Denver Public Health; Tuberculosis Clinic; Tuberculosis epidemiology and prevention and treatment of HIV; Website
David Riches PhD: Associate Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Pulmonary Sciences; Mucosal lung inflammation and Immunology; Website
Cornelis Rietmeijer MD: Associate Professor, Denver Health and Hospital/Denver Public Health; Biometrics; STD and HIV epidemiology and prevention; Website
Paula Riggs MD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Psychiatry; reducing HIV risk high-risk adolescents
Hugo Rosen MD: Professor /Head, University of Colorado Denver; Gastroenterology & Hepatology; HCV; Viral pathogenesis, immunity and immunotherapy; Website

Leland Shapiro MD: Assistant Professor, Veteran's Administration Medical Center; Infectious Diseases; Cytokines and inflammation, HIV pathogenesis, endogenous pathogen countermeasures; Website
Judith Shlay MD: Assistant Professor, Denver Public Health; Family Medicine; HIV Clinical Research
Hong-Bing Shu PhD: Assistant Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Biology immunology, cancer biology; Website
Uwe Staerz PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Immunology

Laetitia (Tish) Thompson PhD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Psychiatry & Neurology; HIV and HCV risk reduction and comorbid psychiatric illness.
Mark Thrun MD: Professor, Denver Health and Hospital/Denver Public Health; Infectious Diseases; HIV testing and prevention, STDs, drug abuse; Website
Raul Torres PhD: Associate Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; Primary antibody response to HIV, B cell regulation and toll-like receptors and antagonists; Website
Ken Tyler MD: Professor, Veteran's Administration Medical Center; Neurology; HIV-associated CNS infections, neurovirology, West Nile Virus, herpes virus infections, PML/JCV virus, apoptosis; Website

Linda VanDyk PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Microbiology; Gamma Herpesviruses; B cells; Website
Michael Vasil PhD: Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Microbiology; Bacterial pathogenesis; Website
Dennis Voelker PhD: Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Biochemistry; Mucosal phospholipid transport processes and pulmonary surfactant protein structure and function.; Website
Martin Voskuil PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Microbiology; Survival mechanisms of latent M. tuberculosis.; Website

Adriana Weinberg MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Pediatrics; Antiviral immune defenses; HIV and Transplant Immunology; Clinical and diagnostic virology; HIV in pregnancy and vertical transmission; Influenza; Website
Cara Wilson MD: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Allergy/Clinical Immunology; Immunology of HIV infection and Vaccine development; Website
Lawrence Wysocki PhD: Associate Professor, National Jewish Medical Research Center; Immunology; cellular and molecular events that lead to antibody formation and the development of B cell memory in immunity and autoimmunity; Website

Lee Young-Mook PhD: Fellow, University of Colorado Denver

Adam Zweifach PhD: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Physiology & Biophysics