Research Summary

My cancer-related research centers around Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and its etiologic agent, Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), with work both in the US and in Africa.

My qualifications for research include both theoretical background and practical experience. I am Director of the UCSF Training in Clinical Research (TICR) Program, which provides graduate-level didactic training in clinical, epidemiologic, and translational research methods to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty members at UCSF. The TICR Program, which is supported by the UCSF NIH-sponsored Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), includes 33 different courses spanning “laboratory to human subjects” translational research, traditional clinical and epidemiologic research, and “evidence to practice” implementation science research. In direct teaching, I am the course director of “Epidemiologic Methods,” the program’s foundational course in research methods, and the “Master’s Program Seminar Series.” On a practical level, I have extensive experience in both observational and experimental research in both the US and Africa. In the US, I am Co-Director of the Population and Clinical Sciences Core of the UCSF NIH-sponsored Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), which manages the 1800-subject UCSF SCOPE cohort, a vehicle that has supported collaborative research leading to over 200 publications since 2000. In Africa, I am the Principal Investigator (PI) for U54 CA190153 (a project which focuses on the early detection and prevention of KS in Uganda); PI for the UCSF component of the East Africa International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Consortium (U01 AI069911), in which I direct the working group on cancer; PI for the recently completed R01 CA119903 (a randomized trial for the therapy of KS in Africa); PI for the recently completed D43 CA153717 (a training grant related to KS in Uganda); and Director of the Data Coordinating Center for the 750-subject Mbarara-based Uganda AIDS Rural Treatment Outcomes (UARTO) Cohort. UARTO, which has spun off over 50 publications from collaborative projects since 2006, is a microscopic complement of IeDEA. In all of this work, I have had broad experience with study design, instrument development, study recruitment/ retention, data collection, quality enhancement, data reporting, biostatistical analysis, manuscript preparation, and financial management.

Research Funding

  • July 13, 2020 - June 30, 2025 - United States-East Africa HIV-Associated Malignancy Research Center (USEAHAMRC) for Career Development and the Prevention, Early Detection and Efficient Linkage to Care for Virus-related Cancers , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U54CA254571
  • August 10, 2019 - April 30, 2024 - Training in Clinical and Epidemiological Research for Liberia (TRACER) , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U2RTW011281
  • September 30, 1988 - August 31, 2022 - UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P30AI027763
  • August 17, 2016 - July 31, 2022 - Early Stage Diagnosis of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Limited Resource Settings using KS-Detect , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: UH3CA202723
  • September 24, 2001 - August 31, 2021 - Center for AIDS Prevention Studies , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P30MH062246
  • September 17, 2014 - August 31, 2020 - Uganda-UCSF Consortium on Prevention and Early Detection of HIV-Associated Cancer , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U54CA190153
  • August 17, 2016 - July 31, 2018 - Early Stage Diagnosis of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Limited Resource Settings using KS-Detect , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: UH2CA202723
  • September 9, 2010 - August 31, 2015 - Uganda-UCSF Research Training in HIV-Associated Malignancies , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: D43CA153717
  • September 30, 2005 - July 31, 2012 - Antiretroviral Therapy of AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma in Africa , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA119903

Education

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland, BA, 1979-83, Biology
University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, MD, 1983-88, Medicine
UC, San Francisco, 1988-89, Medicine - Internship
UC, San Francisco, 1989-91, Medicine - Residency 
UC, San Francisco, 1991-92, Medicine - Chief Residency
UC, Berkeley, MPH, 1992-93, Epidemiology
UC, San Francisco, 1993-97, Infectious Diseases - Fellowship
UC, San Francisco, 1993-97, AIDS Prevention - Fellowship

Honors & Awards

  • 1982
    Phi Beta Kappa
  • 1988
    Alpha Omega Alpha
  • 1988
    Merck Manual Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • 1989
    Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
  • 1991
    Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • 1996
    Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty in Infectious Diseases
  • 1998
    New Investigator Award, UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
  • 2009
    Stephen B. Hulley Award for Excellence in Instruction in Methods of Clinical Research at UCSF

Selected Publications

  1. Takahashi S, Peluso MJ, Hakim J, Turcios K, Janson O, Routledge I, Busch MP, Hoh R, Tai V, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, Greenhouse B, Rodríguez-Barraquer I. SARS-CoV-2 Serology Across Scales: A Framework for Unbiased Estimation of Cumulative Incidence Incorporating Antibody Kinetics and Epidemic Recency. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Sep 01; 192(9):1562-1575.  View on PubMed
  2. Durstenfeld MS, Peluso MJ, Kaveti P, Hill C, Li D, Sander E, Swaminathan S, Arechiga VM, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Hoh R, Chenna A, Yee BC, Winslow JW, Petropoulos CJ, Kelly JD, Glidden DV, Henrich TJ, Martin JN, Lee YJ, Aras MA, Long CS, Grandis DJ, Deeks SG, Hsue PY. Reduced Exercise Capacity, Chronotropic Incompetence, and Early Systemic Inflammation in Cardiopulmonary Phenotype Long Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Infect Dis. 2023 08 31; 228(5):542-554.  View on PubMed
  3. Yin K, Peluso MJ, Luo X, Thomas R, Shin MG, Neidleman J, Andrew A, Young K, Ma T, Hoh R, Anglin K, Huang B, Argueta U, Lopez M, Valdivieso D, Asare K, Deveau TM, Munter SE, Ibrahim R, Standker L, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Lee SA, Lynch KL, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Muench J, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, Roan NR. Long COVID manifests with T cell dysregulation, inflammation, and an uncoordinated adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2. bioRxiv. 2023 Aug 04.  View on PubMed
  4. Graham SM, Nance RM, Chen J, Wurfel MM, Hunt PW, Heckbert SR, Budoff MJ, Moore RD, Jacobson JM, Martin JN, Crane HM, López JA, Liles WC. Plasma Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Angiopoietin-2, and C-Reactive Protein Levels Predict Subsequent Type 1 Myocardial Infarction in Persons With Treated HIV Infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 08 01; 93(4):282-291.  View on PubMed
  5. Peluso MJ, Ryder D, Flavell R, Wang Y, Levi J, LaFranchi BH, Deveau TM, Buck AM, Munter SE, Asare KA, Aslam M, Koch W, Szabo G, Hoh R, Deswal M, Rodriguez A, Buitrago M, Tai V, Shrestha U, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Dalhuisen T, Durstenfeld MS, Hsue PY, Kelly JD, Kumar N, Martin JN, Gambir A, Somsouk M, Seo Y, Deeks SG, Laszik ZG, VanBrocklin HF, Henrich TJ. Multimodal Molecular Imaging Reveals Tissue-Based T Cell Activation and Viral RNA Persistence for Up to 2 Years Following COVID-19. medRxiv. 2023 Jul 31.  View on PubMed
  6. Digitale JC, Martin JN, Glidden DV, Glymour MM. Key concepts in clinical epidemiology: collider-conditioning bias. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023 09; 161:152-156.  View on PubMed
  7. Ferrante ND, Kallan MJ, Sukkestad S, Kodani M, Kitahata MM, Cachay ER, Bhattacharya D, Heath S, Napravnik S, Moore RD, Yendewa G, Mayer KH, Reddy KR, Hayden T, Kamili S, Martin JN, Kim HN, Lo Re V. Prevalence and determinants of hepatitis delta virus infection among HIV/hepatitis B-coinfected adults in care in the United States. J Viral Hepat. 2023 Jul 24.  View on PubMed
  8. Goldberg SA, Lu S, Garcia-Knight M, Davidson MC, Tassetto M, Anglin K, Pineda-Ramirez J, Chen JY, Rugart PR, Mathur S, Forman CA, Donohue KC, Abedi GR, Saydah S, Briggs-Hagen M, Midgley CM, Andino R, Peluso MJ, Glidden DV, Martin JN, Kelly JD. Viral Determinants of Acute COVID-19 Symptoms in a Nonhospitalized Adult Population in the Pre-Omicron Era. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Aug; 10(8):ofad396.  View on PubMed
  9. Augusto DG, Murdolo LD, Chatzileontiadou DSM, Sabatino JJ, Yusufali T, Peyser ND, Butcher X, Kizer K, Guthrie K, Murray VW, Pae V, Sarvadhavabhatla S, Beltran F, Gill GS, Lynch KL, Yun C, Maguire CT, Peluso MJ, Hoh R, Henrich TJ, Deeks SG, Davidson M, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Vierra-Green CA, Spellman SR, Langton DJ, Dewar-Oldis MJ, Smith C, Barnard PJ, Lee S, Marcus GM, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Maiers M, Gras S, Hollenbach JA. A common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature. 2023 Aug; 620(7972):128-136.  View on PubMed
  10. Mathur S, So M, Tahir P, Peluso MJ, Martin JN, Kelly JD. Performance of Blood-Based Nucleocapsid Antigen Tests for Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection and Infectious Viral Shedding: A Systematic Review. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Aug; 10(8):ofad346.  View on PubMed
  11. Horwitz LI, Thaweethai T, Brosnahan SB, Cicek MS, Fitzgerald ML, Goldman JD, Hess R, Hodder SL, Jacoby VL, Jordan MR, Krishnan JA, Laiyemo AO, Metz TD, Nichols L, Patzer RE, Sekar A, Singer NG, Stiles LE, Taylor BS, Ahmed S, Algren HA, Anglin K, Aponte-Soto L, Ashktorab H, Bassett IV, Bedi B, Bhadelia N, Bime C, Bind MC, Black LJ, Blomkalns AL, Brim H, Castro M, Chan J, Charney AW, Chen BK, Chen LQ, Chen P, Chestek D, Chibnik LB, Chow DC, Chu HY, Clifton RG, Collins S, Costantine MM, Cribbs SK, Deeks SG, Dickinson JD, Donohue SE, Durstenfeld MS, Emery IF, Erlandson KM, Facelli JC, Farah-Abraham R, Finn AV, Fischer MS, Flaherman VJ, Fleurimont J, Fonseca V, Gallagher EJ, Gander JC, Gennaro ML, Gibson KS, Go M, Goodman SN, Granger JP, Greenway FL, Hafner JW, Han JE, Harkins MS, Hauser KSP, Heath JR, Hernandez CR, Ho O, Hoffman MK, Hoover SE, Horowitz CR, Hsu H, Hsue PY, Hughes BL, Jagannathan P, James JA, John J, Jolley S, Judd SE, Juskowich JJ, Kanjilal DG, Karlson EW, Katz SD, Kelly JD, Kelly SW, Kim AY, Kirwan JP, Knox KS, Kumar A, Lamendola-Essel MF, Lanca M, Lee-Lannotti JK, Lefebvre RC, Levy BD, Lin JY, Logarbo BP, Logue JK, Longo MT, Luciano CA, Lutrick K, Malakooti SK, Mallett G, Maranga G, Marathe JG, Marconi VC, Marshall GD, Martin CF, Martin JN, May HT, McComsey GA, McDonald D, Mendez-Figueroa H, Miele L, Mittleman MA, Mohandas S, Mouchati C, Mullington JM, Nadkarni GN, Nahin ER, Neuman RB, Newman LT, Nguyen A, Nikolich JZ, Ofotokun I, Ogbogu PU, Palatnik A, Palomares KTS, Parimon T, Parry S, Parthasarathy S, Patterson TF, Pearman A, Peluso MJ, Pemu P, Pettker CM, Plunkett BA, Pogreba-Brown K, Poppas A, Porterfield JZ, Quigley JG, Quinn DK, Raissy H, Rebello CJ, Reddy UM, Reece R, Reeder HT, Rischard FP, Rosas JM, Rosen CJ, Rouphael NG, Rouse DJ, Ruff AM, Saint Jean C, Sandoval GJ, Santana JL, Schlater SM, Sciurba FC, Selvaggi C, Seshadri S, Sesso HD, Shah DP, Shemesh E, Sherif ZA, Shinnick DJ, Simhan HN, Singh U, Sowles A, Subbian V, Sun J, Suthar MS, Teunis LJ, Thorp JM, Ticotsky A, Tita ATN, Tragus R, Tuttle KR, Urdaneta AE, Utz PJ, VanWagoner TM, Vasey A, Vernon SD, Vidal C, Walker T, Ward HD, Warren DE, Weeks RM, Weiner SJ, Weyer JC, Wheeler JL, Whiteheart SW, Wiley Z, Williams NJ, Wisnivesky JP, Wood JC, Yee LM, Young NM, Zisis SN, Foulkes AS. Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) adult study protocol: Rationale, objectives, and design. PLoS One. 2023; 18(6):e0286297.  View on PubMed
  12. Arts PJ, Kelly JD, Midgley CM, Anglin K, Lu S, Abedi GR, Andino R, Bakker KM, Banman B, Boehm AB, Briggs-Hagen M, Brouwer AF, Davidson MC, Eisenberg MC, Garcia-Knight M, Knight S, Peluso MJ, Pineda-Ramirez J, Diaz Sanchez R, Saydah S, Tassetto M, Martin JN, Wigginton KR. Longitudinal and quantitative fecal shedding dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, pepper mild mottle virus, and crAssphage. mSphere. 2023 Jun 20; e0013223.  View on PubMed
  13. Deyoe JE, Kelly JD, Grijalva CG, Bonenfant G, Lu S, Anglin K, Garcia-Knight M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Hagen MB, Saydah S, Abedi GR, Goldberg SA, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Donohue KC, Davidson MC, Sanchez RD, Djomaleu M, Mathur S, Shak JR, Deeks SG, Peluso MJ, Chiu CY, Zhu Y, Halasa NB, Chappell JD, Mellis A, Reed C, Andino R, Martin JN, Zhou B, Talbot HK, Midgley CM, Rolfes MA. Association of Culturable-Virus Detection and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, California and Tennessee, 2020-2022. J Infect Dis. 2023 06 15; 227(12):1343-1347.  View on PubMed
  14. Bodansky A, Wang CY, Saxena A, Mitchell A, Kung AF, Takahashi S, Anglin K, Huang B, Hoh R, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Romero J, Tran B, Kirtikar R, Grebe H, So M, Greenhouse B, Durstenfeld MS, Hsue PY, Hellmuth J, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Anderson MS, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, DeRisi JL, Peluso MJ. Autoantigen profiling reveals a shared post-COVID signature in fully recovered and long COVID patients. JCI Insight. 2023 06 08; 8(11).  View on PubMed
  15. Byrum JR, Waltari E, Janson O, Guo SM, Folkesson J, Chhun BB, Vinden J, Ivanov IE, Forst ML, Li H, Larson AG, Blackmon L, Liu Z, Wu W, Ahyong V, Tato CM, McCutcheon KM, Hoh R, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Peluso MJ, Henrich TJ, Deeks SG, Prakash M, Greenhouse B, Mehta SB, Pak JE. MultiSero: An Open-Source Multiplex-ELISA Platform for Measuring Antibody Responses to Infection. Pathogens. 2023 May 02; 12(5).  View on PubMed
  16. Gayedyu-Dennis D, Fallah MP, Drew C, Badio M, Moses JS, Fayiah T, Johnson K, Richardson ET, Weiser SD, Porco TC, Martin JN, Sneller MC, Rutherford GW, Reilly C, Lindan CP, Kelly JD. Identifying Paucisymptomatic or Asymptomatic and Unrecognized Ebola Virus Disease Among Close Contacts Based on Exposure Risk Assessments and Screening Algorithms. J Infect Dis. 2023 04 12; 227(7):878-887.  View on PubMed
  17. Buck AM, Deitchman AN, Takahashi S, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Hoh R, Williams MC, Kerbleski M, Deveau TM, Munter SE, Lombardo J, Wrin T, Petropoulos CJ, Durstenfeld MS, Hsue PY, Kelly JD, Greenhouse B, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Peluso MJ, Henrich TJ. The Breadth of the Neutralizing Antibody Response to Original SARS-CoV-2 Infection is Linked to the Presence of Long COVID Symptoms. medRxiv. 2023 Mar 31.  View on PubMed
  18. Durstenfeld MS, Peluso MJ, Kaveti P, Hill C, Li D, Sander E, Swaminathan S, Arechiga VM, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Hoh R, Chenna A, Yee BC, Winslow JW, Petropoulos CJ, Kelly JD, Glidden DV, Henrich TJ, Martin JN, Lee YJ, Aras MA, Long CS, Grandis DJ, Deeks SG, Hsue PY. Reduced exercise capacity, chronotropic incompetence, and early systemic inflammation in cardiopulmonary phenotype Long COVID. medRxiv. 2023 Mar 21.  View on PubMed
  19. Bodansky A, Wang CY, Saxena A, Mitchell A, Takahashi S, Anglin K, Huang B, Hoh R, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Romero J, Tran B, Kirtikar R, Grebe H, So M, Greenhouse B, Durstenfeld MS, Hsue PY, Hellmuth J, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Anderson MS, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, DeRisi JL, Peluso MJ. Autoantigen profiling reveals a shared post-COVID signature in fully recovered and Long COVID patients. medRxiv. 2023 Feb 09.  View on PubMed
  20. Peluso MJ, Deveau TM, Munter SE, Ryder D, Buck A, Beck-Engeser G, Chan F, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Hoh R, Tai V, Torres L, Iyer NS, Deswal M, Ngo LH, Buitrago M, Rodriguez A, Chen JY, Yee BC, Chenna A, Winslow JW, Petropoulos CJ, Deitchman AN, Hellmuth J, Spinelli MA, Durstenfeld MS, Hsue PY, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Hunt PW, Henrich TJ. Chronic viral coinfections differentially affect the likelihood of developing long COVID. J Clin Invest. 2023 02 01; 133(3).  View on PubMed

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