David R. Boulware, M.D., MPH, DTM&H

Assistant Professor
Associate Director of Global Health
Programs in Internal Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases & International Medicine
Department of Medicine

Dr. Boulware serves as the Associate Director of Global Health Programs in Internal Medicine, and his research interest is in understanding the pathogenesis of HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), an important complication of HIV therapy that has recently emerged with the roll out of antiretroviral therapy in Africa. In collaboration with investigators at the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, Uganda, we are prospectively characterizing the differences in gene expression that occur over time among people who develop IRIS. The objective is to identify the pathophysiology of IRIS, identify biomarkers for the prediction and diagnosis of IRIS, and develop better treatments for and to prevent IRIS.

Selected publications:

Bacaner N, Stauffer B, Boulware DR, Walker PF, Keystone JS. Travel medicine considerations for North American immigrants visiting friends and relatives. JAMA 2004; 291: 2856-2864.

Boulware DR, Stauffer WM, Hendel-Patterson BR, Rocha JL, Seet RC, Summer AP, Nield LS, Supparatpinyo K, Chaiwarith R, Walker PF. Maltreatment of Strongyloides infection: Case series and worldwide physicians-in-training survey. Am J Med. 2007; 120: 545-551.

Boulware DR, Daley CL, Merrifield C, Hopewell PC, Janoff EN. Rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia among HIV-infected adults with urine antigen detection. J Infection 2007; 55: 300-309.

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