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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Prince Mahidol Award
  • 2010 - Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, Johnson & Johnson for his pioneering contributions to basic and clinical research in the areas of AIDS and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and through his service as the Director of the NIAID
  • 2008 - Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States
  • 2005 - American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2002 - Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
  • 1999 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 1989 - Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Anthony S. Fauci is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States and has extensive research output in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on infectious diseases.

Their research spans several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Virology, Modeling and Simulation, and Epidemiology.

Key topics in their work include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Among recent publications associated with this scientist are:

  • Covid-19 - Navigating the Uncharted, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Coronavirus Infections-More Than Just the Common Cold, 2020, JAMA
  • Emerging Pandemic Diseases: How We Got to COVID-19, 2020, Cell
  • A strategic approach to COVID-19 vaccine R&D, 2020, Science
  • SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in the United States-Challenges and Opportunities, 2021, JAMA

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Tae-Wook Chun
  • H. Clifford Lane
  • Susan Moir
  • David M. Morens
  • Michael C. Sneller

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • JAMA
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell

Awards received include:

  • Prince Mahidol Award, 2013
  • Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, Johnson & Johnson, 2010, recognizing contributions in basic and clinical research on AIDS and immunodeficiencies
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States, 2008
  • American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award, 2005
  • Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, 2002
  • Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award, 1999
  • Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 1989
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1987
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents

    A. S. Fauci;J. G. Bartlett;E. P. Goosby;M. D. Smith

  • Wegener granulomatosis : an analysis of 158 patients

    Gary S. Hoffman;Gail S. Kerr;Randi Y. Leavitt;Claire W. Hallahan

  • The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis

    Gene G. Hunder;Gene G. Hunder;Daniel A. Bloch;Daniel A. Bloch;Beat A. Michel;Mary Betty Stevens;Mary Betty Stevens

  • The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Takayasu arteritis.

    William P. Arend;Beat A. Michel;Daniel A. Bloch;Gene G. Hunder

  • The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of churg‐strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatosis and angiitis)

    Alfonse T. Masi;Alfonse T. Masi;Gene G. Hunder;Gene G. Hunder;J. T. Lie;J. T. Lie;Beat A. Michel

  • The challenge of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

    David M. Morens;Gregory K. Folkers;Anthony S. Fauci

  • The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of Wegener's granulomatosis.

    Randi Y. Leavitt;Randi Y. Leavitt;Anthony S. Fauci;Anthony S. Fauci;Daniel A. Bloch;Daniel A. Bloch;Beat A. Michel

  • Wegener's granulomatosis: Prospective clinical and therapeutic experience with 85 patients for 21 years

    Anthony S. Fauci;Barton F. Haynes;Paul Katz;Sheldon M. Wolff

  • Presence of an inducible HIV-1 latent reservoir during highly active antiretroviral therapy

    Tae-Wook Chun;Lieven Stuyver;Stephanie B. Mizell;Linda A. Ehler

  • Coronavirus Infections-More Than Just the Common Cold.

    Catharine I. Paules;Hilary D. Marston;Anthony S. Fauci

  • HIV infection is active and progressive in lymphoid tissue during the clinically latent stage of disease

    Giuseppe Pantaleo;Cecilia Graziosi;James F. Demarest;Luca Butini

  • The human immunodeficiency virus: infectivity and mechanisms of pathogenesis

    Anthony S. Fauci

  • Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted

    Anthony S. Fauci;H. Clifford Lane;Robert R. Redfield

  • Detection of AIDS virus in macrophages in brain tissue from AIDS patients with encephalopathy.

    Scott Koenig;Howard E. Gendelman;Jan M. Orenstein;Mauro Carlo Dal Canto

  • Production of transforming growth factor beta by human T lymphocytes and its potential role in the regulation of T cell growth.

    John H. Kehrl;Lalage M. Wakefield;Anita B. Roberts;Sonia Jakowlew

  • Abnormalities of B-cell activation and immunoregulation in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

    H C Lane;H Masur;L C Edgar;G Whalen

  • Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

    David M. Morens;Jeffery K. Taubenberger;Anthony S. Fauci

  • Immunopathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection

    Guido Poli;Giuseppe Pantaleo;Anthony S. Fauci

  • The Spectrum of Vasculitis: Clinical, Pathologic, Immunologic, and Therapeutic Considerations

    Anthony S. Fauci;Barton F. Haynes;Paul Katz

  • Cytokine-induced expression of HIV-1 in a chronically infected promonocyte cell line.

    Thomas M. Folks;Jesse Justement;Audrey Kinter;Charles A. Dinarello

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Moir
Susan Moir National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Tae-Wook Chun
Tae-Wook Chun National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
H. Clifford Lane
H. Clifford Lane National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
James Arthos
James Arthos National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Henry Masur
Henry Masur National Institutes of Health
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Giuseppe Pantaleo University of Lausanne
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
Claire W. Hallahan
Claire W. Hallahan National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
David M. Morens
David M. Morens National Institutes of Health
Randi Y. Leavitt
Randi Y. Leavitt MSD (United States)

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