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Coleen Kathryn Cunningham, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Global Health, Pediatrics
Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Pediatrics
Research Professor of Global Health
Professor of Pathology
Campus mail: Box 3352 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 684-6335
Email address: coleen.cunningham@duke.edu

Dr. Cunningham is a pediatric infectious diseases physician who has focused her research on the prevention and treatment of HIV infection in children.  She has also played important roles in evaluation of vaccines for other infectious diseases and recently has worked on Ebola virus treatment studies.  She is currently working on studies of active and passive immunization to prevent HIV transmission in neonates born to HIV infected women.

Education and Training

  • Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1988 - 1991
  • Residency, Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1985 - 1988
  • M.D., SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1985

Selected Grants and Awards

Publications

Reddy, Elizabeth A., Boniface N. Njau, Susan C. Morpeth, Kathryn E. Lancaster, Alison C. Tribble, Venance P. Maro, Levina J. Msuya, et al. “A randomized controlled trial of standard versus intensified tuberculosis diagnostics on treatment decisions by physicians in Northern Tanzania..” Bmc Infect Dis 14 (February 20, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-89.

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Buchanan, Ann M., Dorothy E. Dow, Charles G. Massambu, Balthazar Nyombi, Aisa Shayo, Rahma Musoke, Sheng Feng, John A. Bartlett, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Werner Schimana. “Progress in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in three regions of Tanzania: a retrospective analysis..” Plos One 9, no. 2 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088679.

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Pass, Robert F., Sharon Nachman, Patricia M. Flynn, Petronella Muresan, Terence Fenton, Coleen K. Cunningham, William Borkowsky, et al. “Immunogenicity of Licensed Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccines in HIV-Infected Children and Youth..” J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2, no. 4 (December 2013): 352–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pit040.

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Muro, Florida J., Suzanne P. Fiorillo, Philoteus Sakasaka, Christopher Odhiambo, Elizabeth A. Reddy, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Ann M. Buchanan. “Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C Viruses Among Children in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania..” J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2, no. 4 (December 2013): 320–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pit018.

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Englund, Janet A., Ruth A. Karron, Coleen K. Cunningham, Philip Larussa, Ann Melvin, Ram Yogev, Ed Handelsman, et al. “Safety and infectivity of two doses of live-attenuated recombinant cold-passaged human parainfluenza type 3 virus vaccine rHPIV3cp45 in HPIV3-seronegative young children..” Vaccine 31, no. 48 (November 19, 2013): 5706–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.09.046.

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Fouda, G. G., C. K. Cunningham, E. J. McFarland, W. Borkowsky, P. Muresan, B. E. Liebl, H. Liao, et al. “HIV-1 gp120 Vaccination Elicits a Robust and Durable Anti-V1/V2 IgG Response and Yet No HIV-1 Env-Specific IgA Response in HIV-Exposed Infants.” In Aids Research and Human Retroviruses, 29:A13–14, 2013.

Scholars@Duke

Gray, Katherine D., Coleen K. Cunningham, Dana C. Clifton, Isaac A. Afwamba, Godfrey S. Mushi, Levina J. Msuya, John A. Crump, and Ann M. Buchanan. “Prevalence of mycobacteremia among HIV-infected infants and children in northern Tanzania..” Pediatr Infect Dis J 32, no. 7 (July 2013): 754–56. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e318286957f.

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Lee, Sonia, Bill G. Kapogiannis, Patricia M. Flynn, Bret J. Rudy, James Bethel, Sushma Ahmad, Diane Tucker, et al. “Comprehension of a simplified assent form in a vaccine trial for adolescents..” J Med Ethics 39, no. 6 (June 2013): 410–12. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-101286.

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Weinberg, Adriana, Petronella Muresan, Terence Fenton, Kelly Richardson, Teresa Dominguez, Anthony Bloom, Elizabeth Petzold, et al. “High proportions of regulatory B and T cells are associated with decreased cellular responses to pH1N1 influenza vaccine in HIV-infected children and youth (IMPAACT P1088)..” Hum Vaccin Immunother 9, no. 5 (May 2013): 957–68. https://doi.org/10.4161/hv.23774.

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Lee, S., B. G. Kapogiannis, P. M. Flynn, B. J. Rudy, J. Bethel, S. Ahmad, D. Tucker, et al. “Comprehension of a simplified assent form in a vaccine trial for adolescents.” Journal of Medical Ethics 39, no. 6 (2013): 410–12. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2013-101515.

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