Global Health Lecture Series: Maternal to Child Transmission of
HIV by Breastfeeding in Africa December 14, 2011 Edward Janoff,
MD, Tim Gill Professor of Medicine & Microbiology and Director,
Mucosal and Vaccine Research Center, University of Colorado Dr.
Janoff focuses on diseases of international importance, such as
diarrheal disease, respiratory infections, and HIV-1/AIDS. His
team characterizes mucosal responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae
in the lung and to HIV-1 in the intestine, reproductive tract,
and in breast milk. Each study has been supported by a field
site in Africa (Uganda, Burkina Faso, Botswana and South Africa)
with collaborators from these African nations, the U.S. and
Europe. The goal of his laboratory is to provide a scientific
foundation for mucosal vaccines to prevent pneumococcal
infections and transmission of HIV /AIDS. He integrates clinical
and basic laboratory approaches to determine how pathogens
interact with the host at the mucosal surface and how innate and
humeral mechanisms,