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Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

The Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research conducts research and other scholarly activities designed to identify, understand, and eliminate factors responsible for the profoundly disproportionate burden of AIDS and HIV infection among minority populations in the United States.

The CAHDR has three major areas of focus: biology, behavior, and community outreach. Researchers at the CAHDR study new mechanisms of HIV infections, pathogenesis, immunity, and develop novel means for intervention. The Center is reducing the burden of AIDS in local minority communities through basic, clinical, and translational research.

Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research Administration Team

Chandravanu Dash, PhD, MSc

Executive Director Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Muthukumar Balasubramaniam, PhD

mbalasubramaniam@mmc.edu

Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research Research Team

Bindong Liu, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6877
bliu@mmc.edu

Byeongwoon Song, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6698
bsong@mmc.edu

Chandravanu Dash, PhD, MSc

Executive Director Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Donald Alcendor, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Tennessee Area Health Education Centers Program

(615) 327-6449
dalcendor@mmc.edu

Waldemar Popik, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6734
wpopik@mmc.edu

Xinhong Dong, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6464
xdong@mmc.edu

Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research Publications

Bortezomib Sustains T Cell Function by Inducing miR-155-Mediated Downregulation of SOCS1 and SHIP1.
Ariana N Renrick, Menaka C Thounaojam, Maria Teresa P de Aquino, Evan Chaudhuri, Jui Pandhare, Chandravanu Dash, Anil Shanker

Activation of proline biosynthesis is critical to maintain glutamate homeostasis during acute methamphetamine exposure.
Bobby Jones, Muthukumar Balasubramaniam, Joseph J Lebowitz, Anne Taylor, Fernando Villalta, Habibeh Khoshbouei, Carrie Grueter, Brad Grueter, Chandravanu Dash, Jui Pandhare

Unique method for human villous trophoblasts isolation from placental tissue explants.
Ashley Serjilus, Donald J Alcendor

Dysregulation of Endothelin-1: Implications for Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease.

Cytotrophoblasts suppress macrophage-mediated inflammation through a contact-dependent mechanism.
Alison J Eastman, Erin N Vrana, Maria T Grimaldo, Amanda D Jones, Lisa M Rogers, Donald J Alcendor, David M Aronoff

Racial Disparities-Associated COVID-19 Mortality among Minority Populations in the US.