Dr. Marta Catalfamo, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Medicine at Georgetown University, serves as the Associate Director of the DC CFAR Basic Sciences Core and Co-lead of the Aging and Comorbidities Scientific Interest Group. Her current research explores why people with higher levels of immune activation have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Awarded an R01 on the impact of HIV-driven T cell immune activation in angiogenic CD8 T cell function, she continues to investigate the role of T cell activation in endothelial inflammation and cardiovascular risk and disease.

In her role in the DC CFAR, she continually strives to contribute and collaborate with people around a common goal. The DC CFAR gave her the opportunity to train and support early-stage and new investigators, learn from community members, and collaborate with scientists from other areas of research. As a newly tenured professor and co-Director of institutional training grant in Neuro-HIV at Georgetown University, Dr. Catalfamo plans to continue her efforts to end HIV and training next-generation scientists in the field of HIV research.

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