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

P2010: Phase III Study of the Virologic Efficacy and Safety...

IMPAACT 2010 is a Phase III, three-arm, randomized, open-label study of HIV-1-infected pregnant women initiating either a...

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A5300/P2003: PHOENIx Feasibility Study

Study of MDR TB Cases and Their Household Contacts: Operational Feasibility to Inform PHOENIx Trial Design

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A5282: A Randomized, Phase II Trial to Compare an HPV...

The investigators are looking for a better way to prevent cervical cancer. This study is comparing two different methods to...

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A5327: Sofosbuvir + Ribavirin w/o Interferon for Treatment...

A5327 SWIFT-C is a Phase I, open-label, two-cohort clinical trial, in which between 44 and 50 acutely HCV-infected HIV-1...

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A5288: MULTIOCTAVE, Management Using the Latest Technologies...

The study is being done to: test a strategy of using a resistance test to choose anti-HIV drugs. Resistance tests look at the...

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