Benjamin Gewurz
Associate Program Head, PhD Program in Virology · Rush University Medical Center
Credentials: · · · · ·
History
PresentPhD Program in Virology · Rush University Medical Center
- Present
Harvard Medical School · Rush University Medical Center
- Present
Center for Integrative Solutions to Infectious Diseases
- 2003–2005
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
- 1999–2003
Research
Viral subversion of the immune system
Review · Annual Review of Immunology · 2000 · 632 citations
Persistent and relapsing babesiosis in immunocompromised patients
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 270 citations
Therapeutically Increasing MHC-I Expression Potentiates Immune Checkpoint Blockade
Cancer Discovery · 2021 · 212 citations
- EK
13 papers
5 papers
5 papers
- VM
5 papers
- CA
3 papers
3 papers · 3 as a fellow
3 papers
- LZ
3 papers
Grants
- 2021–2031
Regulation of the Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Switch
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.1M · Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 2019–2030
Epstein-Barr Virus LMP1 Mediated Oncogenicity
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $3.3M · Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 2024–2029
Epstein-Barr Virus Driven Tonsillar Versus Peripheral B-Cell One-Carbon Metabolic Network Remodeling
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · R01
Contact PI · $1.5M · Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 2023–2028
Targeting the Epigenetic and Metabolic Control of EBV-Epithelial Cancers
National Cancer Institute · P01
Project lead · $1.9M · Wistar Institute