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Stuart Levitz

Professor of Medicine · UMass Chan Medical School

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History

UMass Chan Medical School
Present

Infectious Disease
Boston University Medical Center
1982–1984
Internal Medicine
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
1979–1982
Grossman School of Medicine
1975–1979

Research

Hidden killers: human fungal infections
Review · Science Translational Medicine · 2012 · 3,200 citations
Histatins, a novel family of histidine-rich proteins in human parotid secretion. Isolation, characterization, primary structure, and fungistatic effects on Candida albicans
Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1988 · 472 citations
The contribution of the Toll-like/IL-1 receptor superfamily to innate and adaptive immunity to fungal pathogens in vivo
The Journal of Immunology · 2004 · 399 citations

Michael Mansour
12 papers · 3 as a resident
AA
Ali Akalin
7 papers
Douglas Golenbock
7 papers
HK
Hardy Kornfeld
6 papers
Shmuel Shoham
6 papers · 1 as a fellow
Arturo Casadevall
5 papers
Bruce Klein
4 papers
DD
David Dibenedetto
4 papers
JD
Jennifer Dan
4 papers
Jennifer Wang
4 papers
John Perfect
4 papers
Richard Ellison
4 papers

Grants

Fungal Antigen Resources for Development of Vaccines and Diagnostics
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R24
Contact PI · $2.4M · Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
2025–2030
A Subunit Cryptococcus Vaccine
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.1M · Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
2022–2027
Preclinical Studies of a Cryptococcus Vaccine for AIDS Patients
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $7.1M · Duke University
2016–2027
The Contribution of Eosinophils and the IL-23/IL-17 Axis to Host Responses to Aspergillus
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.7M · Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
2018–2023