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Office
10 Center Dr
Bldg 10 Room 1c-711
Bethesda, MD 20892Phone+1 301-496-8393Fax+1 301-402-2965- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1965 - 1966
- University of WashingtonResidency, Internal Medicine, 1964 - 1965
- University of RochesterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1960 - 1961
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1960
Certifications & Licensure
- DC State Medical License 1966 - 2024
- American Board of Pathology Blood Banking
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected Member Institute of Medicine, 2002
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Clinical Trials
- Epidemiology, Infectivity and Natural History of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Start of enrollment: 1991 Mar 15
- Study of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections Start of enrollment: 2002 Jan 17
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 41 citationsNaturally acquired SARS-CoV-2 immunity persists for up to 11 months following infection.Valeria De Giorgi, Kamille A. West, Amanda N. Henning, Leonard Chen, Michael R. Holbrook, Robin Gross, Janie Liang, Elena Postnikova, Joni Trenbeath, Sarah Pogue, Tani...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021 Oct 28
- A conserved epitope III on hepatitis C virus E2 protein has alternate conformations facilitating cell binding or virus neutralizationLu Deng, Nancy E. Hernandez, Lilin Zhong, David D. Holcomb, Hailing Yan, Maria Luisa Virata, Sreya Tarafdar, Yanqun Xu, Yong He, Evi Struble, Harvey J. Alter, Pei Zhang> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2021 Jul 13
- 16 citationsChitinase 3-like 1 is a profibrogenic factor overexpressed in the aging liver and in patients with liver cirrhosis.Norihisa Nishimura, Davide De Battista, David R. McGivern, Ronald E. Engle, Ashley Tice, Rafaelle Fares-Gusmao, Juraj Kabat, Anna Pomerenke, Hanh Nguyen, Shinya Sato, ...> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2021 Apr 27
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Press Mentions
- ‘We Must Lead with Science’: Fauci Makes Debut as a Member of the Biden Team, Delivers Video Remarks at Same Time as Trump’s WH Vaccine SummitDecember 8th, 2020
- Live – Crispr Wins the 2020 Chemistry Nobel PrizeOctober 7th, 2020
- University of Alberta Virologist Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineOctober 5th, 2020
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Grant Support
- Transfusion-Related Infections Prospectively Studied (TRIPS)Clinical Center2007–2008
- Evaluation Of Nucleic Acid Vaccine As A Preventive And Therapeutic ModalityClinical Center2007–2008
- Studies Of Viral Hepatitis And AIDS In The Chimpanzee ModelClinical Center1998–2008
- A Prospective Study Of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Positive Blood DonorsClinical Center1998–2008
- Viral And Immune Factors That Influence Recovery Or Progression Of Hepatitis CClinical Center1996–2008
- Viral And Immune Factors That Influence Recovery Or ProgClinical Center2002–2006
- Transfusion-Related Infections Prospectively Studied (TrClinical Center2002–2006
- Studies Of Viral Hepatitis And AIDS In The Chimpanzee MOClinical Center2002–2006
- A Prospective Study Of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Positive BClinical Center2002–2006
- Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Infants And ChildrenClinical Center2000–2006
- Viral Hepatitis And AIDS In Animal ModelClinical Center2004
- Viral /Immune Factors That Influence Hepatitis C ProgresClinical Center2004
- Prospective Study Of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Positive BClinical Center2004
- Transfusion-Related Infections Prospectively StudiedClinical Center2001–2004
- Significance Of Anti-Hiv Antibody In Asymptomatic DonorsClinical Center1998–2003
- Natural History Of Hepatitis C Virus InfectionClinical Center1996–2003
- Viral And Immune Factors In Hepatitis C ProgressionClinical Center2001
- Study Of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Positive Blood DonorsClinical Center2001
- Viral Hepatitis And AIDS In The Chimpanzee ModelClinical Center1997–2001
- A Controlled Prospective Study Of Transfusion-Associated HepatitisClinical Center1998–2000
- A Prospective Study Of Anti-Hcv Positive Blood DonorsClinical Center1992–1997
- Studies Of Viral Hepatitis In The Chimpanzee ModelClinical Center1996
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