Our Research

Our research group seeks to understand and address the mechanisms underlying damage to the central nervous system in HIV infection, and the establishment and reduction of viral reservoirs in the CNS. We work in diverse modalities, and with a wide range of collaborators, to study the processes of immune activation, neuroprotection, and neuropathogenesis that occur during early and chronic untreated HIV and during suppressive HIV treatment.

Current Lab Members
(For a complete list, please see People)
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Principal Investigator: 
Serena Spudich, MD

​Assistant Professor: 
​Dr. Shelli Farhadian, MD, PhD

Instructor: 
Payal Patel, MD

Research Scientist: 
Jennifer Chiarella, BS

Research Assistant:
Rachela Calvi, BA

Medical Students:
Ryan Handoko, MD
​Julian Weiss, BA
​Diego Armengol, BA
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Contact Information
Serena Spudich, MD, MA
300 George St., Rm. 8300C
New Haven, CT 06511
serena.spudich@yale.edu
​(203) 737-5309

Recent News​

• Due to COVID-19, we have paused in-person HIV research visits. 
• Dr. Payal Patel has accepted the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. 
• An extensive review on the neurologic manifestations of COVID-19, co-authored by Dr. Farhadian and Dr. Spudich, was published in JAMA Neurology​. See here.
• Rachela Calvi, postgraduate associate, will be attending New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, this fall.
• Michelle Chintanaphol, research assistant, will be attending University of Tennessee, College of Medicine this fall.
• Ryan Handoko graduated Yale School of Medicine and will be starting his residency in pediatrics at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• Please follow our Twitter (@SpudichLabYale) for our latest updates!
  

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