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Richard Sutton, MD/PhD

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Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis; Chief, Infectious Diseases at VACT

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Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis; Chief, Infectious Diseases at VACT

Biography

After finishing his undergraduate studies at Brown University, Dr. Sutton enrolled in the MSTP at Stanford, where he obtained his PhD degree with Dr. John Boothroyd, working on trans-splicing in African trypanosomes. He then completed a categorical residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UCSF. After post-doctoral stints with Drs. Harold Varmus, Dan Littman, and Pat Brown in which he worked on HTLV cell binding and entry and the development of HIV-based gene therapy vectors, he joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2008 he was recruited to Yale to continue his work on HIV replication and lentiviral vectors. Dr. Sutton spends approximately 50% of his time at the research bench and 25% in the clinical setting, both out-patient and in-patient, mainly at the West Haven VA (VACT). He is also the chief of Infectious Diseases at VACT, which takes up 25% of his time. Dr. Sutton took an administrative leave of absence in mid-April 2022, but he resumed all of his clinical, educational, and research activities before the beginning of 2023.

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Education & Training

Post-doctoral fellow
UCSF then Stanford University (1998)
Fellow
UC San Francisco (1993)
Resident
Hospital University of Pennsylvania (1992)
MD/PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine (1989)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

HIV; Infectious Disease Medicine; Molecular Biology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus

Research at a Glance

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Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

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    Member

    Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsNIH-NIAID & NIH-NIDA
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    Identifying and characterizing HIV+ elite and viremic controllers

    Research
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    Identifying Elite Controllers in Uganda

    Research
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    2013 Avant Garde Scholar

    National AwardNIH-NIDA
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    Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Scholar

    National AwardEdward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation (St. Louis, MO)
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Clinical Care

Overview

Richard Sutton, MD, PhD, specializes in infectious diseases and microbial pathogenesis, focusing on novel HIV therapeutics and cure efforts. He is the chief of infectious diseases at VA Connecticut Healthcare, where he attends on both the infectious diseases and internal medicine services.

Dr. Sutton decided to train in infectious diseases since it was very clear that HIV was going to be critically important for many decades. "To support medicine and science trainees and to hear about their exciting news is truly the favorite part of my job." he says.

Dr. Sutton's research program studies the development of innovative therapeutics against HIV Rev and Tat, two essential regulatory proteins of the virus. He is also investigating transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of CCR5, which is the co-receptor required for R5-tropic HIV entry into cells.

A 2013 Avant Garde Scholar, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Scholar, and recipient of the Pfizer Postdoctoral Scholar Award, Dr. Sutton’s research has been funded by ViiV Healthcare, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Cancer Institute, and the American Heart Association, among others.

Dr. Sutton is a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Internal Medicine; Infectious Diseases; HIV & AIDs Medicine

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