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  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Steven M. Wolinsky is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant work in Immunology and Microbiology, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of their studies include Virology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their body of work involve HIV Research and Treatment, HIV-related health complications and treatments, and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions. Additional topics of research interest include Immune Cell Function and Interaction, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Hepatitis C virus research.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Accelerated aging with HIV occurs at the time of initial HIV infection, 2022, published in iScience
  • HLA tapasin independence: broader peptide repertoire and HIV control, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A New Panel-Estimated GFR, Including β2-Microglobulin and β-Trace Protein and Not Including Race, Developed in a Diverse Population, 2020, published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Comprehensive Immunoprofiling of Pediatric Zika Reveals Key Role for Monocytes in the Acute Phase and No Effect of Prior Dengue Virus Infection, 2020, published in Cell Reports
  • Small RNA sequencing of extracellular vesicles identifies circulating miRNAs related to inflammation and oxidative stress in HIV patients, 2020, published in BMC Immunology

Frequent collaborators who have co-authored with Steven M. Wolinsky include:

  • Eun-Young Kim
  • Jeremy Martinson
  • Wendy S. Post
  • Beth D. Jamieson
  • Miriam Walter

The primary venues where this scientist publishes include AIDS, iScience, Cell Reports, Nature Communications, and Nature.

Steven M. Wolinsky has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2000
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • The role of a mutant CCR5 allele in HIV–1 transmission and disease progression

    Yaoxing Huang;William A. Paxton;Steven M. Wolinsky;Avidan U. Neumann

  • HIV preferentially infects HIV-specific CD4 + T cells

    Daniel C. Douek;Jason M. Brenchley;Michael R. Betts;David R. Ambrozak

  • Timing the ancestor of the HIV-1 pandemic strains.

    B. Korber;M. Muldoon;M. Muldoon;J. Theiler;F. Gao

  • HIV-1 Nomenclature Proposal

    DL Robertson;JP Anderson;JA Bradac;JK Carr

  • Sexual transmission and propagation of SIV and HIV in resting and activated CD4+ T cells.

    Z. Q. Zhang;T. Schuler;M. Zupancic;Stephen W Wietgrefe

  • Shorter Survival in Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection Is More Closely Associated with T Lymphocyte Activation than with Plasma Virus Burden or Virus Chemokine Coreceptor Usage

    Janis V. Giorgi;Lance E. Hultin;Jane A. McKeating;Timothy D. Johnson

  • Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960

    Michael Worobey;Marlea Gemmel;Dirk E. Teuwen;Tamara Haselkorn

  • Tat-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes select for SIV escape variants during resolution of primary viraemia.

    Todd M. Allen;David H. O'Connor;Peicheng Jing;John L. Dzuris

  • Cellular targets of infection and route of viral dissemination after an intravaginal inoculation of simian immunodeficiency virus into rhesus macaques.

    Alexander I. Spira;Preston A. Marx;Bruce K. Patterson;James Mahoney

  • Eventual AIDS vaccine failure in a rhesus monkey by viral escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes

    Dan H. Barouch;Jennifer Kunstman;Marcelo J. Kuroda;Jörn E. Schmitz

  • HIV sequence compendium 2002

    Carla Kuiken;Brian Foley;Eric Freed;Beatrice Hahn

  • Relative resistance to HIV-1 infection of CD4 lymphocytes from persons who remain uninfected despite multiple high-risk sexual exposure.

    William A. Paxton;Scott R. Martin;Doris Tse;Thomas R. O'Brien

  • Persistence of HIV-1 transcription in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells in patients receiving potent antiretroviral therapy

    Manohar R. Furtado;Duncan S. Callaway;John P. Phair;Kevin J. Kunstman

  • Adaptive Evolution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Type 1 During the Natural Course of Infection

    Steven M. Wolinsky;Bette T. M. Korber;Avidan U. Neumann;Michael Daniels

  • Selective transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 variants from mothers to infants

    Steven M. Wolinsky;Carla M. Wike;Bette T. M. Korber;Cecelia Hutto

  • Persistent HIV-1 replication maintains the tissue reservoir during therapy

    Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo;Helen R. Fryer;Trevor Bedford;Eun Young Kim

  • The mode of delivery and the risk of vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1--a meta-analysis of 15 prospective cohort studies.

    W. Andiman;M. Boucher;D. Burns;Y. Bryson

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in homosexual men who remain seronegative for prolonged periods.

    David T. Imagawa;Moon H. Lee;Steven M. Wolinsky;Kouichi Sano

  • Microbial translocation is associated with increased monocyte activation and dementia in AIDS patients.

    Petronela Ancuta;Anupa Kamat;Kevin J. Kunstman;Eun Young Kim

  • Propagation and Dissemination of Infection after Vaginal Transmission of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

    Christopher J. Miller;Qingsheng Li;Kristina Abel;Eun Young Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Kunstman
Kevin J. Kunstman Northwestern University
Bette T. Korber
Bette T. Korber Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mary Carrington
Mary Carrington Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Dana Gabuzda
Dana Gabuzda Harvard University
Bruce D. Walker
Bruce D. Walker Harvard University
Jacques Fellay
Jacques Fellay École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
John P. Phair
John P. Phair Northwestern University
Lisa P. Jacobson
Lisa P. Jacobson Johns Hopkins University
Charles R. Rinaldo
Charles R. Rinaldo University of Pittsburgh
Roger Detels
Roger Detels University of California, Los Angeles

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