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Einstein-Montefiore CFAR

Primary contacts

Harris Goldstein: Harris.goldstein@einstein.yu.edu
Michelle Larsen: Michelle.larsen@einstein.yu.edu
http://www.einstein.yu.edu/cfar/page.aspx?id=466

HIV/TB Co-infection Projects:
Analysis of HIV-TB molecular interactions during in vitro and in vivo infection

PI: Harris Goldstein
Email:harris.goldstein@einstein.yu.edu

Organizing a collaborative PO1 with Drs. Bruce Walker, Eric Rubin, Sarah Fortune, and Branch Moody at Harvard, Dr. Graham Hatfull at University of Pittsburgh, and K-RITH.

Inter-CFAR Shared Resources:

TB-equipped BSL3 lab, training opportunities.

TB/HIV Interactions Studies ongoing at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Center for Aids Research and K-RITH (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Research Institute for HIV and TB, Durban, South Africa)

INVESTIGATOR	EMAIL	PROJECTS

William R. Jacobs, Jr.	Jacobsw@hhmi.org	Genetic Basis of Drug Resistance and Drug Tolerance Genetic Basis of Tuberculosis Virulence Development of a Rapid Reporter Phages for Assessing Drugs Rapidly Assessing Drug Susceptibilities [Collaboration with Graham Hatfull @ University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Wim Sturm @ K-RITH] Development of Improved TB Vaccines
Michelle Larsen	Michelle.larsen@einstein.yu.edu	Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of XDR-TB Strains [Collaborative Effort with Drs. Sturm (K-RITH) Dr. Jacobs, Dr. Lee and Haynes (Duke University)
John Chan	John.chan@einstein.yu.edu	Genetic Basis of Tuberculosis Persistence Development of TB Vaccines
Harris Goldstein	Harris.goldstein@einstein.yu.edu	TB/HIV Interactions.
Steve Porcelli	Steve.porcelli@einstein.yu.edu	Molecular Basis of Immunity to Tuberculosis
John Blanchard	John.blanchard@einstein.yu.edu	Development of Penicillin Analogs to kill XDR-TB
Jacqueline Achkar	Jacqueline.achkar@einstein.yu.edu	Development of Diagnostic Test to detect Latent TB
Arturo Casadevall	Arturo.casadevall@einstein.yu.edu	Development of TB Capsule Vaccines
Sarita Shah	Sarita.shah@einstein.yu.edu	Epidemiology of XDR-TB Infections in Kwa-Zulu Natal (Collaborative Effort with Dr. Gerry Freidland, Yale Univ. and K-RITH)
Neel Gandhi	Neel.gandhi@einstein.yu.edu	Epidemiology of XDR-TB Infections in Kwa-Zulu Natal (Collaborative Effort with Dr. Gerry Freidland, Yale Univ. and K-RITH)
Mark Girvin	Mark.girvin@einstein.yu.edu	Biochemistry of ATP Synthases
Brian Currie	bcurrie@montefiore.org	Clinical Treatment of XDR-TB with Clavulanate and Meropenem (Collaborative Effort with Dr. Gerry Freidland, Yale Univ. and K-RITH)
Julia Arnsten	jarnsten@montefiore.org	Epidemiology of XDR-TB Infections in Kwa-Zulu Natal (Collaborative Effort with Dr. Gerry Freidland, Yale Univ. and K-RITH)
Andrew R. Berman	aberman@montefiore.org	Pathological Analyses of Latent TB

3. Other Resources:

K-RITH [http://www.hhmi.org/research/k-rith] The Kwa-Zulu Natal Institute for Research on TB and HIV is an Institute funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that supports our collaborative effort by Dr. Bruce Walker (Harvard) and Dr. Salim Karim (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Dr. Wim Sturm (UKZN) and Dr. William R. Jacobs, Jr. (AECOM) to develop novel interventions for TB and HIV.

The NIH AIDS Training Program For Pre- and Post-doctoral Fellows funds the training of Pre- and Post-doctoral candidates who wish to pursue independent careers in HIV/AIDS-related topics.

The AIDS International Training and Research Program, is an International program that funds training in AIDS/TB prevention research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Indian, Bangladeshi and Rwandan scientists in critical biomedical research, behavioral and epidemiological studies, as well as clinical research training of researchers from India and Rwanda.