1015 Walnut Street
Room 807B
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 503-5725
Room 807B
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 503-5725
Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications
- Human vaginal fluid contains exosomes that have an inhibitory effect on an early step of the HIV-1 life cycle
- Understanding lentiviral vector chromatin targeting: Working to reduce insertional mutagenic potential for gene therapy
- Stem cells and aging: A chicken-or-the-egg issue?
- Pyruvate kinase expression (PKM1 and PKM2) in cancer associated fibroblasts drives stromal nutrient production and tumor growth
- Proliferating cell nuclear antigen is required for loading of the SMCX/KMD5C histone demethylase onto chromatin
Medical School
PhD, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Temple University - 1997
PhD, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Temple University
- 1991
University Appointment
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Infectious Disease and Environmental Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Research and Clinical Interests
My laboratory works on HIV-1 and related retroviruses. One of our topics is the role of HIV-1 Tat in development of AIDS-associated cancer. A potential Tat inhibition, possibly by a vaccine, could reduce incidence of this type of cancer.