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Joel Ernst

Professor and Chief · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine

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History

Infectious Disease
1986–1988
University of California-San Francisco
1983–1986
University of California, San Francisco
University of Nebraska system
1974–1978

Research

Human T cell epitopes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are evolutionarily hyperconserved
Nature Genetics · 2010 · 556 citations
HIV and tuberculosis: a deadly human syndemic
Review · Clinical Microbiology Reviews · 2011 · 491 citations
Initiation of the adaptive immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on antigen production in the local lymph node, not the lungs
The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2008 · Last of 7 authors · 471 citations

Adithya Cattamanchi
9 papers
Devan Jaganath
9 papers · 1 as a fellow
Henry Blumberg
9 papers
Jeffrey Collins
9 papers
Niaz Banaei
9 papers
Alexander Mohapatra
8 papers
NG
Neel Gandhi
8 papers
Jonathan Budzik
6 papers
Merle Sande
6 papers
Jennifer Philips
5 papers
Tyler Bold
5 papers · 1 as a resident
Courtney Broaddus
4 papers

Grants

Functionally Distinct Human CD4 T Cell Responses to Novel Evolutionarily Selected M. tuberculosis Antigens
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.4M · University of California, San Francisco
2023–2028
PROgression of Tuberculosis infECTion in Young Children Living with and Without HIV: The PROTECT Study
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $4.3M · University of California-Irvine
2023–2028
Functional Dynamics of TB Granuloma Architecture
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · U01
Contact PI · $3.2M · University of California, San Francisco
2022–2027
A Novel Approach to Determine the Value of ESAT-6 as an Antigen in M. tuberculosis Infection and Vaccines
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R21
Contact PI · $442.4K · University of California, San Francisco
2025–2027