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Jianming_TangProfessor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases

Address: Ryals Public Health Building, room 624
UAB
Birmingham, AL 35294
Telephone: (205) 975-8630
FAX: (205) 934-8665
Email: jtang@uab.edu


 

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Education


D.V.M. Beijing Agricultural University, China
Ph.D. The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia
Post-doctoral Fellow, UAB Division of Geographic Medicine


Research Interests


Dr. Tang's ongoing research focuses on genetic and epigenetic contributions to infection and immunity in human populations. Immunogenetic studies deal with genes (e.g., HLA and KIR) that govern innate and adaptive immune responses to infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis.