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Priya
Duggal
,
PhD

Vice Chair for Faculty, Department of Epidemiology
Professor

Contact Info

615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W6511
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        
410-955-0863

Research Interests

epidemiology; genetics; infectious disease; diarrhea; malnutrition; HIV; snp; amebiasis; leishmaniasis; cholera; acute flaccid myelitis; COVID-19;long COVID

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2003
MPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1998
BA
Wesleyan University
1995
Overview

My primary research interest is on understanding the relationship between host, infection and immunity. Specifically, I am interested in human genetics and the intersection with pathogen genetics, inflammation and the immune system. The exposure to an environmental pathogen is critical to risk, but genes in the host can influence innate and adaptive immunity and thus the risk of disease and its severity. My goal is to identify the underlying mechanisms of infectious disease by identifying host genetic variants that alter or influence our immune response.

I work with adult and pediatric populations within the United States and Internationally. My research encompasses viruses like hepatitis B and C and HIV, enterovirus and SARS-CoV-2 as well as a strong focus on enteric infections that affect young children in poor sanitary conditions.

For a more general genetics focus, I am leading the genetics arm of the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) study that includes 40,000 children and mothers. This study provides us the opportunity to examine the interactions of environment and genetics and its impact on child health and disease.



And with the COVID-19 pandemic we have played a role in examining the host genetics of COVID-19 severity in our study COVIDgene as well as understanding long COVID in an International study of post acute symptoms following COVID-19 infection. For more information please link to www.covid-long.com

Honors & Awards

2002  NHGRI Directors Distinguished Service Award, NIH

2004  Fellows Award for Research Excellence, NIH

2005  NHGRI Intramural Research Award, NIH (1 of 3 awarded to an outstanding research fellow)

2012  Teaching Excellence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2013 Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center Award, Johns Hopkins Medical Insitutions

2016 Catalyst Award, Office of the Provost, Johns Hopkins University

2022  Teaching Excellence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Select Publications

Click here for a full list of my PubMed citations

Projects
Genetics of Malnutrition and Enteric Disease
ECHO
Genetic susceptibility to leishmaniasis
Hepatitis C
Genetics of Acute Flaccid Myelitis
COVIDgene: Host Genetics of COVID-19
COVID Long