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Dr. Mwesigwa is the site principal investigator for the MUWRP study that collects biospecimens for the characterization of HIV reservoirs in different body compartments and oversees all procedures related to recruitment, community outreach, participant enrollment, and follow up for the HOPE study.
Makerere University Walter Reed Project
Dr. Nath will work on understanding the role of HIV in the brain and the effects of ‘block-lock-excise’ strategies on HIV in the brain.
Dr. Ndhlovu research program is dedicated to confronting the challenges of HIV and aging using immuno-epigenetic approaches to resolve molecular mechanisms of HIV age related complications and viral persistence.
Dr. Nixon’s group will be working closely with Cedric Feschotte and his team to learn how HERVs may give clues to locking HIV.
Dr. Ott is the Program Director for HOPE. Her work focuses on the role of reversible protein acetylation in HIV transcription and identifying molecular mechanisms controlling viral latency.
Dr. Roan will investigate the mechanisms underlying transcriptional silencing of the HIV provirus, and the host features that prevent “block and lock” after a variety of therapeutic interventions.
Dr. Sameshima will work on developing cure curriculum and education through community arts integrated research.
Dr. Valente’s research focuses on mechanisms that regulate HIV-1 latency in CD4+T memory T cells and development of antiviral molecules that suppress the latent reservoir.
Dr. Verdin works to understand the roles that metabolism and aging have on HIV and how they can be targeted to lock HIV in latent state.
Dr. Melanie Ott trained with tumor virologist and Nobel laureate Harald zur Hausen in Heidelberg/Germany and has focused much of her work on the role of reversible protein acetylation in HIV transcription and identifying molecular mechanisms controlling viral latency. She is the recipient of NIH MERIT and DP1 Avantgarde Awards, a member of the Association of American Physicians and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.