Elizabeth Connick, MD

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Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Biography
Dr. Connick is Chief of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine and Immunobiology at University of Arizona. She graduated from Harvard Medical School, performed internal medicine residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and completed an infectious disease fellowship at University of Colorado where she subsequently was a faculty member for 22 years. She has dedicated her career to understanding HIV immunopathogenesis and developing strategies to improve the health of people living with HIV through clinical trials and laboratory based research. She recently completed service as chair of the NIH’s AIDS Immunology and Pathogenesis study section, and as a member of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council.
Cancer Focus
Dr. Connick’s laboratory is currently investigating mechanisms that promote HIV replication and persistence in germinal centers. These mechanisms are likely important in development of some malignancies.
Selected Publications
Miller, S. M., B. Miles, K. Guo, J. Folkvord, A. L. Meditz, M. D. McCarter, D. N. Levy, S. MaWhinney, M. L. Santiago, and E. Connick, "Follicular Regulatory T Cells Are Highly Permissive to R5-Tropic HIV-1.", J Virol, vol. 91, issue 17, 2017 09 01. PMCID: PMC5553166 PMID: 28615202
Miles, B., S. M. Miller, J. M. Folkvord, D. N. Levy, E. G. Rakasz, P. J. Skinner, and E. Connick, "Follicular Regulatory CD8 T Cells Impair the Germinal Center Response in SIV and Ex Vivo HIV Infection.", PLoS Pathog, vol. 12, issue 10, pp. e1005924, 2016 Oct. PMCID: PMC5055335 PMID: 27716848
Miles, B., and E. Connick, "TFH in HIV Latency and as Sources of Replication-Competent Virus.", Trends Microbiol, vol. 24, issue 5, pp. 338-344, 2016 May. PMCID: PMC4841704 PMID: 26947191
Kohler, S. L., M. N. Pham, J. M. Folkvord, T. Arends, S. M. Miller, B. Miles, A. L. Meditz, M. McCarter, D. N. Levy, and E. Connick, "Germinal Center T Follicular Helper Cells Are Highly Permissive to HIV-1 and Alter Their Phenotype during Virus Replication.", J Immunol, vol. 196, issue 6, pp. 2711-22, 2016 Mar 15. PMCID: PMC4779697 PMID: 26873986
Miles, B., S. M. Miller, J. M. Folkvord, A. Kimball, M. Chamanian, A. L. Meditz, T. Arends, M. D. McCarter, D. N. Levy, E. G. Rakasz, et al., "Follicular regulatory T cells impair follicular T helper cells in HIV and SIV infection.", Nat Commun, vol. 6, pp. 8608, 2015 Oct 20. PMCID: PMC4616158 PMID: 26482032