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Georgia Doris Tomaras, PhD

Professor in Surgery
Professor in Immunology
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Division: 
Surgical Sciences
Faculty Lab: 
Immune Responses and Virology Laboratory
Office: 300 N Duke St, Durham, NC 27701
Campus Mail: DUMC Box 104777 DUMC, Bay 47 Carmichael Bldg, 300 N. Duke St, Durham, NC 27701

Research in the Tomaras Laboratory in the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and Departments of Surgery, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University Medical Center, focuses on the identification of immune correlates of protection for preventative vaccines and identification of the mechanisms responsible for potent inhibition of human pathogens.  

Education and Training

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center For Aids Research, Department Of Surgery, Duke University, 1998 - 2001
  • Ph.D., State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 1998

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Publications

Baden, Lindsey R., Daniel J. Stieh, Michal Sarnecki, Stephen R. Walsh, Georgia D. Tomaras, James G. Kublin, M Juliana McElrath, et al. “Safety and immunogenicity of two heterologous HIV vaccine regimens in healthy, HIV-uninfected adults (TRAVERSE): a randomised, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 1/2a study.” The Lancet. Hiv 7, no. 10 (October 2020): e688–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(20)30229-0.

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Om, Kier, Dominic Paquin-Proulx, Maria Montero, Kristina Peachman, Xiaoying Shen, Lindsay Wieczorek, Zoltan Beck, et al. “Adjuvanted HIV-1 vaccine promotes antibody-dependent phagocytic responses and protects against heterologous SHIV challenge.” Plos Pathog 16, no. 9 (September 2020): e1008764. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008764.

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Chang, WL William, Jesse D. Deere, Hung T. Kieu, Luis D. Castillo, Kawthar Machmach, Xiaoying Shen, Georgia D. Tomaras, et al. “RhCMV serostatus and vaccine adjuvant impact immunogenicity of RhCMV/SIV vaccines.” Sci Rep 10, no. 1 (August 20, 2020): 14056. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71075-x.

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Palli, Rohith, Kelly E. Seaton, Michael S. Piepenbrink, John Hural, Paul A. Goepfert, Fatima Laher, Susan P. Buchbinder, et al. “Impact of vaccine type on HIV-1 vaccine elicited antibody durability and B cell gene signature.” Sci Rep 10, no. 1 (August 3, 2020): 13031. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69007-w.

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De Rosa, Stephen C., Srilatha Edupuganti, Yunda Huang, Xue Han, Marnie Elizaga, Edith Swann, Laura Polakowski, et al. “Robust antibody and cellular responses induced by DNA-only vaccination for HIV.” Jci Insight 5, no. 13 (July 9, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.137079.

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Kasturi, Sudhir Pai, Mohammed Ata Ur Rasheed, Colin Havenar-Daughton, Mathew Pham, Traci Legere, Zarpheen Jinnah Sher, Yevgeny Kovalenkov, et al. “3M-052, a synthetic TLR-7/8 agonist, induces durable HIV-1 envelope-specific plasma cells and humoral immunity in nonhuman primates.” Sci Immunol 5, no. 48 (June 19, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.abb1025.

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Lévy, Yves, Christine Lacabaratz, Kim Ellefsen-Lavoie, Wolfgang Stöhr, Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, Pierre-Alexandre Bart, Odile Launay, et al. “Optimal priming of poxvirus vector (NYVAC)-based HIV vaccine regimens for T cell responses requires three DNA injections. Results of the randomized multicentre EV03/ANRS VAC20 Phase I/II Trial.” Plos Pathog 16, no. 6 (June 2020): e1008522. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008522.

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Felber, Barbara K., Zhongyan Lu, Xintao Hu, Antonio Valentin, Margherita Rosati, Christopher A. L. Remmel, Joshua A. Weiner, et al. “Co-immunization of DNA and Protein in the Same Anatomical Sites Induces Superior Protective Immune Responses against SHIV Challenge.” Cell Rep 31, no. 6 (May 12, 2020): 107624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107624.

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Moodie, Zoe, Stephen R. Walsh, Fatima Laher, Lucas Maganga, Michael E. Herce, Sarita Naidoo, Mina C. Hosseinipour, et al. “Antibody and cellular responses to HIV vaccine regimens with DNA plasmid as compared with ALVAC priming: An analysis of two randomized controlled trials.” Plos Med 17, no. 5 (May 2020): e1003117. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003117.

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