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FACULTY Department Members By Category Laboratories Faculty Robert Salata, MD Chief Donald Anthony, MD, PhD Keith Armitage, MD Eric Arts, PhD David Bobak, MD Robert Bonomo, MD W. Henry Boom, MD David Canaday, MD Michael Cho, PhD Curtis Donskey, MD Scott Fulton, MD Yong Gao, MD, PhD Barbara Gripshover, MD Marion Helfand, MD Christina Hirsch, MD Marta Jakubowycz, MD Wei Jiang, MD John L Johnson, MD Michael Lederman, MD Tracy Lemonovich, MD Michelle Lisgaris, MD Amy Ray, MD Louis Rice, MD Benigno, Rodriguez, MD Roxana Rojas, MD Scott Sieg, PhD Richard Silver, MD Usha Stiefel, MD Zahra Toossi, MD Gopal Yadavalli, MD Research Staff Administrative Staff SEARCH: RELATED SITES:	John L Johnson, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine and International Health Phone: (216) 844-2646 Fax: (216) 844-1632 E-mail: jlj@case.edu Education MD - University of Pittsburgh, 1981 Residency- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1985 Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine – Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1987 Research Dr. Johnson’s major research focus is phase I, II, and III IND and non-IND clinical trials of new drugs, immunotherapeutic agents and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. Other areas of interest include HIV and TB interactions, immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis and M. avium complex disease, TB diagnostics, surrogate markers of response to TB treatment, pulmonary infections in immunocompromised persons, HIV vaccines and research capacity strengthening in developing countries. Dr. Johnson is the component leader for clinical trials for the NIH-sponsored Tuberculosis Research Unit at CWRU and the Principal Investigator for TB clinical trials for Site 30 - Kampala, Uganda of the CDC-sponsored Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC) network. Dr. Johnson works closely with international collaborators in Uganda, Brazil and the Philippines. NIH Biosketch Selected Publications • Johnson JL, Ssekasanvu E, Okwera A, Mayanja H, Hirsch CS, Nakibali J, Drzayich Jankus D, Eisenach KD, Boom WH, Ellner JJ, Mugerwa RD for the Uganda-Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration. Randomized trial of adjunctive interleukin-2 in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168:185-191. • Wallis RS, Vinhas SA, Johnson JL, Ribeiro FC, Palaci M, Peres RL, Sá RT, Dietze R, Chiunda A, Eisenach K, Ellner JJ. Whole blood bactericidal activity during treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. J Infect Dis 2003;187:270-278. • Ribeiro-Rodrigues R, Co TR, Johnson JL, Ribeiro F, Palaci M, Sá RT, Maciel EL, Lima FEP, Dettoni V, Toossi Z, Boom WH, Dietze R, Ellner JJ, Hirsch CS. Sputum cytokine levels in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis as early markers of mycobacterial clearance. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2002;9: 818-823. • Johnson JL, Okwera A. Hom DL, Mayanja H, Kityo C, Nsubuga P, Nakibali JG, Loughlin AM, Mugyenyi PN, Vernon A, Mugerwa RD, Ellner JJ, Whalen CC for the Uganda-Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration. Duration of efficacy of treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected adults. AIDS 2001;15 (16):2137-2147.


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