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Baylor College of Medicine - University of Texas Houston CFAR

Primary Contact

Dorothy Lewis:  Dorothy.E.Lewis@uth.tmc.edu
http://www.bcm.edu/cfar/

HIV/TB Co-infection Projects:

• Immunogenetics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
  Wayne X Shandera, M.D.
  shandera@bcm.tmc.edu
  

• Improved TB testing that measures IFN gamma release
  Dorothy E. Lewis, Ph.D.
  dlewis@bcm.edu
  Edward Graviss, Ph.D.
  eagraviss@tmhs.org
  

• HIV/TB co-infections in Vietnam
  Edward A. Graviss, Ph.D.
  eagraviss@tmhs.org

• T-SPOT and diagnosis of latent TB in HIV-infected children in Uganda
  Mark W. Kline, M.D.
  mkline@texaschildrenshospital.org

• Immunopathogenesis of HIV/TB coinfection in a neonatal macaque model
  Marie-Claire Gauduin, Ph.D.
  mcgauduin@txbiomed.org

• TB vaccine development in the rhesus monkey model
  John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D.
  jlv@txbiomedgenetics.org
  

2. HIV/TB Researchers:

• Edward A. Graviss, Ph.D.
  eagraviss@tmhs.edu
  Pathogen virulence factors
  

• Jeffrey R. Starke, M.D.
  jrstarke@TexasChildrensHospital.org
  Pediatric TB/HIV in pediatric populations
  

• Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Ph.D.
  Chinnaswamy.Jagannath@uth.tmc.edu

• Jeffrey K. Actor, Ph.D.
  Jeffrey.K.Actor@uth.tmc.edu
  Lactoferrin as adjuvant for tuberculosis vaccines-phase III STTR
  

• Robert L.Hunter, M.D., Ph.D.
  robert.l.hunter@uth.tmc.edu
  TB pathogenesis, vaccine development and drug development
  

• Lisa Y. Armitige, M.D., Ph.D.
  lisa.y.armitige@uth.tmc.edu
  Clinical TB research
  

3. Inter-CFAR Shared Resources:

• Immunogenetics, HLA laboratory at The Methodist Hospital. 
  (Contact Geoffrey Land at gland@thms.org)

• Specialized BSL-3 microbiology and mouse and guinea-pig vivarium dedicated for tuberculosis research. State of art animal models, vaccine development technologies and pathogenesis expertise available. 
  (Contact Chinnaswamy Jagannath at Chinnaswamy.Jagannath@uth.tmc.edu)