Huyen Cao
Director
International Cellular Immunology

email: hcao@dhs.ca.gov

Specialty: Infectious Disease

Undergraduate Education: University of California, Berkeley, Biochemistry A.B, 1986

Medical Education: University of California, San Francisco, 1990

Residencies: Stanford Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1993

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, 1993, Infectious Disease, 1995

Professional Memberships: Infectious Disease Society of America, AMA

Fellowships: Massachusetts General Hospital, Infectious Disease

My interests in research focus on HIV pathogenesis with the emphasis on vaccine development, specifically the examination of cellular immune responses in non-B subtype HIV-1 infections and the correlates of immune protection.

Selected Publications: Yang OO, Kalams SA, Trocha A, Cao H, Luster A, Johnson RP, Walker BD. Suppression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication by CD8+ cells: Evidence for HLA class I-restricted triggering of cytolytic and noncytolytic mechanisms. J. Virol., 71:3120-3128 (1997).

Cao H, Kanki P, Sankale J-L, Dieng-Sarr A, Mazzara GP, Kalams SA, Korber B, MBoup S, Walker BD. CTL cross-reactivity among different HIV-1 clades: Implications for vaccine development. J. Virol., 71:8615-8623 (1997).

Cao, H and Walker, B. Immunopathogenesis of HIV infection. Clinics in Dermatology. 18(4):401-10 (2000).

Mani, I; Cao, H; Hom, D; Johnson, JL; Mugerwa, R; Travers, KU; Caliendo, AM; Walker, BD; Kanki, PJ. Plasma RNA Viral Load as Measured by the bDNA and NASBA assays of HIV-1 subtypes A and D in Uganda. JAIDS. 22(2):208-9 (1999).

Goulder, P et al. Differential Narrow Focusing of Immunodominant Human Immunodeficiency Virus gag-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Responses in Infected African and Caucasoid Adults and Children. J. Virol 74:5679 (2000).

Cao, H. & Walker, B. Cellular Immunity to HIV-1 Clades: Relevance to HIV-1 Vaccine Trials in Uganda. J. Inf. Dis. 182: 1350-56 (2000).

Dieng-Sarr, A & Cao, H. Robust HIV-2 Cellular Immune Response Measured by a Modified Anthrax Toxin-based ELISPOT Assay. AIDS Res Human Retroviruses. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 17(13):1263-1270 (2001).