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Sean Emery is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their primary research field is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Virology, Emergency Medicine, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. The majority of their work concentrates on topics related to HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, and various aspects of fungal infections and antifungal resistance.

The scientist has contributed to notable recent research papers, including:

  • "Immunizations with diverse sarbecovirus receptor-binding domains elicit SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies against a conserved site of vulnerability" (2021, Immunity)
  • "Long-Term Benefits from Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in HIV Infection" (2023, NEJM Evidence)
  • "Epidemiology of candidemia in NICE area, France: A five-year study of antifungal susceptibility and mortality" (2021, Journal de Mycologie Médicale)
  • "Dolutegravir plus boosted darunavir versus recommended standard-of-care antiretroviral regimens in people with HIV-1 for whom recommended first-line non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor therapy has failed (D2EFT): an open-label, randomised, phase 3b/4 trial" (2024, The Lancet HIV)
  • "2021 update to HIV-TRePS: a highly flexible and accurate system for the prediction of treatment response from incomplete baseline information in different healthcare settings" (2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)

Frequent coauthors collaborating on research with Sean Emery include Anthony D. Kelleher, Nnakelu Eriobu, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Marcelo Losso, and Sounkalo Dao.

The scientist's research has been published in a range of venues, with multiple works appearing in journals such as Immunity, The Lancet HIV, NEJM Evidence, Journal de Mycologie Médicale, and Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

Sean Emery's work spans diverse aspects of infectious diseases, particularly focusing on HIV/AIDS and fungal infections. Their research addresses the development and evaluation of antiretroviral therapies, the epidemiology and treatment of fungal infections like candidemia and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, and the prediction of treatment response in HIV care. This body of work contributes to multiple areas within medicine and infectious disease research.

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • CD4+ count-guided interruption of antiretroviral treatment.

    Wafaa El-Sadr;Wafaa El-Sadr;Jens D Lundgren;James Neaton;Fred Gordin

  • Initiation of antiretroviral therapy in early asymptomatic HIV infection

    Sean Emery;Shweta Sharma;Gerd Fätkenheuer;Josep M. Llibre

  • Plasma Levels of Soluble CD14 Independently Predict Mortality in HIV Infection

    Netanya Sandler;Handan Wand;Annelys Roque;Matthew G Law

  • Major clinical outcomes in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive participants and in those not receiving ART at baseline in the SMART study

    Sean Emery;Jacqueline A. Neuhaus;Andrew N. Phillips;Abdel Babiker

  • Viral suppression and HIV transmission in serodiscordant male couples: an international, prospective, observational, cohort study

    Benjamin R Bavinton;Angie N Pinto;Nittaya Phanuphak;Beatriz Grinsztejn

  • Interleukin-2 therapy in patients with HIV infection.

    D. Abrams;Y. Lévy;M. H. Losso;A. Babiker

  • Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Using International Diabetes Foundation and Adult Treatment Panel III Criteria: Associations with insulin resistance, disturbed body fat compartmentalization, elevated C-reactive protein, and hypoadiponectinemia

    Katherine Samaras;Handan Wand;Matthew Law;Sean Emery

  • Reversibility of lipoatrophy in HIV-infected patients 2 years after switching from a thymidine analogue to abacavir: the MITOX Extension Study.

    Allison Martin;Don E Smith;Andrew Carr;Clare Ringland

  • Simplification of Antiretroviral Therapy with Tenofovir-Emtricitabine or Abacavir-Lamivudine: A Randomized, 96-Week Trial

    Allison Martin;Mark Bloch;Janaki Amin;David Baker

  • No effect of rosiglitazone for treatment of HIV-1 lipoatrophy: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Andrew Carr;Cassy Workman;Dianne Carey;Gary Rogers

  • HIV lipodystrophy: prevalence, severity and correlates of risk in Australia.

    J Miller;A Carr;S Emery;M Law

  • Inferior clinical outcome of the CD4+ cell count-guided antiretroviral treatment interruption strategy in the SMART study: Role of CD4+ cell counts and HIV RNA levels during follow-up

    Jens D. Lundgren;Abdel Babiker;Wafaa El-Sadr;Sean Emery

  • Metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infection.

    Handan Wand;Alexandra Calmy;Dianne L Carey;Katherine Samaras

  • Antiretroviral therapy with the integrase inhibitor raltegravir alters decay kinetics of HIV, significantly reducing the second phase

    John M Murray;Sean Emery;Anthony D Kelleher;Matthew Law

  • Ritonavir-boosted lopinavir plus nucleoside or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors versus ritonavir-boosted lopinavir plus raltegravir for treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults with virological failure of a standard first-line ART regimen (SECOND-LINE): a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority study.

    Mark A Boyd;N Kumarasamy;Cecilia L Moore

  • In Vivo, Nucleoside Reverse-Transcriptase Inhibitors Alter Expression of Both Mitochondrial and Lipid Metabolism Genes in the Absence of Depletion of Mitochondrial DNA

    Patrick W. G. Mallon;Patrick Unemori;Rebecca Sedwell;Adrienne Morey

  • High Levels of Human Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells in Peripheral Blood Revealed by Stimulated Coexpression of CD25 and CD134 (OX40)

    John J. Zaunders;Mee Ling Munier;Nabila Seddiki;Sarah Pett

  • Efficacy of 400 mg efavirenz versus standard 600 mg dose in HIV-infected, antiretroviral-naive adults (ENCORE1): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial.

    Rebekah L. Puls;Janaki Amin;Marcelo Losso;Praphan Phanuphak

  • Risk for opportunistic disease and death after reinitiating continuous antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV previously receiving episodic therapy: A randomized trial

    W M El-Sadr;B Grund;J Neuhaus

  • Considerations in the rationale, design and methods of the Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) study

    Abdel G Babiker;Sean Emery;Gerd Fätkenheuer;Fred M Gordin

  • Pooled Analysis of 3 Randomized, Controlled Trials of Interleukin-2 Therapy in Adult Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Disease

    S. Emery;W. B. Capra;D. A. Cooper;R. T. Mitsuyasu

  • Efficacy and safety of efavirenz 400 mg daily versus 600 mg daily: 96-week data from the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority ENCORE1 study

    Dianne Carey;Rebekah Puls;Janaki Amin

  • Does Choice of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) Alter Changes in Cerebral Function Testing after 48 Weeks in Treatment-Naive, HIV-1–Infected Individuals Commencing cART? A Randomized, Controlled Study

    Alan Winston;Chris Duncombe;Patrick C. K. Li;John M. Gill

  • Minor changes in calculated creatinine clearance and anion‐gap are associated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate‐containing highly active antiretroviral therapy

    A Winston;J Amin;Pwg Mallon;Pwg Mallon;D Marriott

  • Outpatient Continuous Intravenous Interleukin-2 or Subcutaneous, Polyethylene Glycol—Modified Interleukin-2 in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Patients: A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Study

    Andrew Carr;Sean Emery;Andrew Lloyd;Jennifer Hoy

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Cooper
David A. Cooper University of New South Wales
Anthony D. Kelleher
Anthony D. Kelleher University of New South Wales
Janaki Amin
Janaki Amin Macquarie University
Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr University of Oxford
Matthew Law
Matthew Law University of New South Wales
James D. Neaton
James D. Neaton University of Minnesota
Jens D. Lundgren
Jens D. Lundgren Rigshospitalet
Jennifer F Hoy
Jennifer F Hoy Monash University
Kiat Ruxrungtham
Kiat Ruxrungtham Chulalongkorn University
Stephen J. Kent
Stephen J. Kent University of Melbourne

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