Recent Posts – Page 2 – Emmanuel Thomas M.D. Ph.D. FAASLD

20Apr 2020 by admin

Dr. Thomas has received a $2 million dollar grant from the NIH to study acute & chronic viral infections.

The NIH funded project titled "A Multifaceted Approach to Study Tissue and Cell Type Specific Molecular Mechanisms of the Host Response to Acute/ Chronic Viral Infection" is lead by Dr. Thomas and awarded to the University of Miami School of Medicine. The project is intended to elucidate the tissue specific molecular mechanisms that drive disease progression in patients with chronic viral infections, as these patients are susceptible to high morbidity and mortality rates due to progressive organ damage. The project findings would subsequently be used to identify new targets for therapeutic intervention. Very few viruses are able to manifest as chronic infections in humans. The intrinsic innate immune response provides a first line of defense against invading viruses; however, in the case of chronic viral infections, these initial responses that…

20Aug 2016 by admin

Dr. Thomas Receives Travel Award to HIV and Liver Disease meeting 2016.

Liver disease has emerged as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in individuals infected with HIV, including those infected with HBV and HCV. The HIV & Liver Disease 2016 conference is designed to address the increasingly prevalent clinical issues and challenges associated with HIV and liver disease,

20Aug 2016 by admin

U.Miami School of Medicine Awarded $2.5 Million Dollar NIH Award with Emmanuel Thomas, M.D., Ph.D. to help South Florida Community.

A team of Miller school specialists including Emmanuel Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases and Miami CTSI KL2 Scholar, Daniel Sussman, associate professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, and Sonjia Kenya, Ed.D., M.S., M.A., assistant research professor of medicine, Director of Community Health Programs at Sylvester’s Jay Weiss Institute for Health Equity, and Education and Research Officer at the Miller School’s Office of Diversity and Multiculturalism, have developed the multi-modal strategy for the early detection and prevention of four health priority conditions: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), colorectal cancer, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and cervical cancer.

20Aug 2016 by admin

Schiff Center for Liver Disease Wins Award.

Dr. Schiff, Leonard Miller Professor of Medicine, Dr. Nasser Ibrahim Al-Rashid chair in the Division of Hepatology, the director of the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases, and the director of the Hepatology Research Laboratory at the Miller School of Medicine, received the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award, presented by Emmanuel Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.