Monthly Seminar Series

Enhancing CD8+ T cells to facilitate the immune intercept of rebounding HIV/SIV reservoirs

Afam A. Okoye, PhD 
Professor, Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute 
Division of Pathobiology & Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center 
Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine  
Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Afam Okoye is a Professor at the Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute and the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University. He is also a Core Scientist in the Division of Pathobiology and Immunology at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. His lab focuses on using nonhuman primate models to understand the barriers to achieving a cure for HIV and to develop therapeutic interventions to curtail the need for lifelong ART in people living with HIV. As part of this effort, they are evaluating whether therapeutic vaccines can be used to enhance anti-viral immunity to achieve durable remission from viral replication after ART cessation.