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Brinda Emu, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Director, Cancer-ID Clinic, Internal Medicine

co-Leader, Cancer Microbiology Working Group, Yale Cancer Center

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Director, Cancer-ID Clinic, Internal Medicine; co-Leader, Cancer Microbiology Working Group, Yale Cancer Center

Biography

Dr. Emu received her B.A. from Harvard University and her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed an Internal Medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco. She remained on faculty at UCSF from 2004 to 2009, studying immune correlates of protection in HIV-infected individuals. Dr Emu then worked as Medical Director in early clinical development at Genentech, Inc in South San Francisco (2009-2012). While at Genentech, she focused on development of novel therapeutic approaches to unmet needs in infectious diseases, inflammation, and oncology.

Dr. Emu joined the Division of Infectious Diseases at Yale School of Medicine in 2013. Her laboratory studies the intersection of chronic viral infection and oncology, with a focus on HIV-associated malignancies. Specifically, she studies the impact of HIV-associated immune dysfunction on carcinogenesis and tumor progression.

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Education & Training

Residency
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2001)
MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1998)
AB
Harvard University (1994)

Research

Overview

  • Evaluation of different T cell phenotypes/function across different ages of HIV-infected indivdiuals on antiretroviral therapy, compared with HIV-uninfected individuals
  • Impact of T cell aberrancies on incidence of cancer in the setting of chronic viral infection
  • Evaluating immunologic parameters of individuals with cancer diagnoses in setting of HIV infection

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Head and Neck Neoplasms; Hematologic Neoplasms; HIV; Immune Evasion; Immune Reconstitution; Immune System; Immunocompromised Host; Infectious Disease Medicine; Lymphoma; T-Lymphocytes; Thoracic Neoplasms

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Brinda Emu, MD, PhD, is an infectious diseases specialist who provides care for people with HIV and related conditions, including those at risk for cancers such as lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma (a type of cancer in the lining of the blood vessels).

As an associate professor of medicine (infectious diseases) at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Emu studies how chronic viral infections can weaken the body’s defenses and lead to tumor development. She examines ways to strengthen immune function so patients can better manage both HIV and cancer.

Dr. Emu received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Infectious Diseases

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