Deborah Persaud, MD

CRS:

JHU

Role:

Investigators

Position:

Co-investigator

A clinician and researcher specializing in the study and treatment of  HIV-1 infection in children, Deborah Persaud directors the pediatric infectious diseases fellowship program at Hopkins Children’s. A 1985 graduate of the New York University School of Medicine, she trained in pediatrics at Babies Hospital/ Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, where she was chief resident. She was an infectious disease fellow, an Aaron Diamond Post Doctoral Research Fellow and a faculty member at New York University. She joined Johns Hopkins’ faculty in 1997 following a visiting lectureship at the Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.

  • Member, Immune Activation Focus Group of Inflammation TSG
  • External Investigator Appointed, HIV Reservoirs and Viral Eradication Transformative Science Group
  • Chair, IMPAACT HIV CURE Scientific Committee

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Clinical Trials

NWCS 445: Novel Biomarkers to Shorten TB Treatment

Objectives: Primary: To develop a highly predictive algorithm that identifies TB patients who will be cured by treatment...

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NWCS 408: Examining Longitudinal Cytokine Profiles in HIV-TB...

Using existing data from A5274 and data obtained from retrospectively testing available biospecimens, we propose the following...

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P1077BF: Breastfeeding Version of the PROMISE Study...

1077BF is a randomized strategy trial, which is part of the PROMISE studies (1077BF, 1077FF, P1084s, and 1077HS). The Promoting...

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P1060:  Phase II, parallel, randomized, clinical trials...

A single dose of nevirapine (SD NVP) given to an HIV infected pregnant woman followed by a single dose to her infant has been...

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NWCS 414, Evaluation of a Serum Biosignature for Identifying...

We will address our hypothesis using a case-control study design. We plan to leverage the existing biorepository of...

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