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Susan Morgello is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including medicine, immunology and microbiology, and neuroscience. Over their career, they have contributed significantly to topics such as HIV research and treatment, HIV-related health complications and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, among others.

Their scholarly output includes work on virology, emergency medicine, neurology, infectious diseases, and biological psychiatry. Morgello's research has been published extensively in prominent venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of NeuroVirology, Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health, AIDS, and the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Morgello include:

  • "Macrothrombosis and stroke in patients with mild Covid-19 infection," 2020, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • "Coronaviruses and the central nervous system," 2020, Journal of NeuroVirology
  • "Central Nervous System (CNS) Viral Seeding by Mature Monocytes and Potential Therapies To Reduce CNS Viral Reservoirs in the cART Era," 2021, mBio
  • "Twelve-year neurocognitive decline in HIV is associated with comorbidities, not age: a CHARTER study," 2022, Brain
  • "Risk of Transmissibility From Neurodegenerative Disease-Associated Proteins: Experimental Knowns and Unknowns," 2020, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

Morgello has collaborated frequently with the following researchers:

  • Scott Letendre
  • Benjamin B. Gelman
  • Ronald J. Ellis
  • David B. Clifford
  • Robert K. Heaton

The main fields of study for Morgello include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Neuroscience

Subfields in which Morgello has been active contain:

  • Virology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Biological Psychiatry

Key research topics covered in Morgello's work are:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Best Publications

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders persist in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: CHARTER Study.

    R. K. Heaton;D. B. Clifford;D. R. Franklin;S. P. Woods

  • HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders before and during the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: differences in rates, nature, and predictors

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Ronald J. Ellis;J. Allen McCutchan

  • Validation of the CNS Penetration-Effectiveness rank for quantifying antiretroviral penetration into the central nervous system.

    Scott Letendre;Jennifer Marquie-Beck;Edmund Capparelli;Brookie Best

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

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

  • CD4 nadir is a predictor of HIV neurocognitive impairment in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy.

    Ronald J. Ellis;Jayraan Badiee;Florin Vaida;Scott Letendre

  • The two patterns of reactive astrocytosis in postischemic rat brain.

    Carol K. Petito;Susan Morgello;Juan C. Felix;Martin L. Lesser

  • Expression of the translocator protein of 18 kDa by microglia, macrophages and astrocytes based on immunohistochemical localization in abnormal human brain.

    Melissa Cosenza-Nashat;Meng-Liang Zhao;Hyeon-Sook Suh;Janet Morgan

  • Neurocognitive Change in the Era of HIV Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: The Longitudinal CHARTER Study

    Robert K. Heaton;Donald R. Franklin;Reena Deutsch;Scott Letendre

  • CNS invasion by CD14+/CD16+ peripheral blood-derived monocytes in HIV dementia: perivascular accumulation and reservoir of HIV infection

    Tracy Fischer-Smith;Sidney Croul;Andrij E. Sverstiuk;Christelle Capini

  • Large Virchow-Robin spaces: MR-clinical correlation.

    L. A. Heier;C. J. Bauer;L. Schwartz;R. D. Zimmerman

  • Continued High Prevalence and Adverse Clinical Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Associated Sensory Neuropathy in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: The CHARTER Study

    Ronald J. Ellis;Debralee Rosario;David B. Clifford;Justin C. McArthur

  • Asymptomatic HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment increases risk for symptomatic decline.

    Igor Grant;Donald R. Franklin;Reena Deutsch;Steven P. Woods

  • MR imaging of brain abscesses.

    Alison B. Haimes;Robert D. Zimmerman;Susan Morgello;Karen Weingarten

  • Interrater reliability of clinical ratings and neurocognitive diagnoses in HIV.

    Steven Paul Woods;Julie D Rippeth;Alan B Frol;Joel K Levy

  • Metabolic effects of cachectin/tumor necrosis factor are modified by site of production. Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor-secreting tumor in skeletal muscle induces chronic cachexia, while implantation in brain induces predominantly acute anorexia.

    Kevin J. Tracey;Susan Morgello;Brett Koplin;Thomas J. Fahey

  • Cytomegalovirus encephalitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: an autopsy study of 30 cases and a review of the literature.

    S. Morgello;E.-S. Cho;S. Nielsen;O. Devinsky

  • The interstitial nuclei of the human anterior hypothalamus: an investigation of variation with sex, sexual orientation, and HIV status.

    William Byne;William Byne;Stuart Tobet;Linda A. Mattiace;Linda A. Mattiace;Mitchell S. Lasco

  • The human blood‐brain barrier glucose transporter (GLUT1) is a glucose transporter of gray matter astrocytes

    Susan Morgello;Ronald R. Uson;Elissa J. Schwartz;Richard S. Haber

  • Hepatitis C Virus Infects the Endothelial Cells of the Blood-Brain Barrier

    Nicola F. Fletcher;Garrick K. Wilson;Jacinta Murray;Ke Hu

  • The distribution of Lewy bodies in pure autonomic failure: autopsy findings and review of the literature.

    K. Hague;P. Lento;S. Morgello;S. Caro

  • HIV-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: the Manhattan HIV Brain Bank.

    Susan Morgello;Lydia Estanislao;David Simpson;Anthony Geraci

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin B. Gelman
Benjamin B. Gelman The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
David B. Clifford
David B. Clifford Washington University in St. Louis
Ronald J. Ellis
Ronald J. Ellis University of California, San Diego
Ann C. Collier
Ann C. Collier University of Washington
Scott Letendre
Scott Letendre University of California, San Diego
Justin C. McArthur
Justin C. McArthur Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego
Donald Franklin
Donald Franklin University of California, San Diego
J. Allen McCutchan
J. Allen McCutchan University of California, San Diego

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