Professor of Medicine
Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine
Medical Director, Infection Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases - University of Virginia, 1985
Research
Dr. Salata's research interests include international studies in HIV infection and HIV infection in women, sexually transmitted diseases, nosocomial infections, vaccine and non-vaccine strategies to impact on HIV seroincidence, infections in immunocompromised hosts, and the epidemiology of infectious diseases. These are collaborative studies with other faculty members involved in HIV research and requires close interactions with members of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
• Valdez H, Chowdhry T, Asaad R, Woolley IJ, Davis T, Davidson R, Beinker N, Gripshover BM, Salata RA, McComsey G, Weissman SB and Lederman MM Changing spectrum of mortality due to HumanImmunodeficiency Virus: Analysis of 260 deaths during 1995-1999. Clin Infect Dis 32:1487-1493, 2001.
• Mugerwa RD, Kaleebu P, Mugyenyi P, Katongole-Mbidde E, Hom DL, Byaruhanga R, Salata RA, Ellner JE and the HIV-1 Vaccine Trial Group First trial of the HIV-1 vaccine in Africa: Ugandan experience. BMJ 324:226-229, 2002.
• McComsey G, Southwell H, Gripshover B, Salata R and Valdez H Effect of antioxidants on glucose metabolism and plasma lipids in HIV-infected subjected with lipoatrophy. JAIDS 33:605-60, 2003.
• Cao H, Kaleebu P, Hom D, Flores J, Agrawal D. Jones N, Serwanga J, Okella M, Walker C, Sheppard H, El-Habib R, Klein M, Kebba A, Salata R, Mbidde E, Mugyenyi P, Walker B, Ellner J, Mugerwa R and HIV Newtwork for Prevention Trials (HIVNET) Immunogenicity of a recombinant HIV-Canarypox Vaccine in seronegative Ugandans. J Infect Dis. 187:887-889, 2003.