Andrew Karaba, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine

Andrew Karaba is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He received his B.A., M.D., and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He earned his Ph.D. focusing on how herpes simplex virus entry receptors contribute to pathogenesis. He completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins where he joined the faculty in 2021. For his post-doctoral research, he investigated the role of inflammasome signaling in herpesvirus infections. His current research interests include mechanisms of innate immune activation in response to viral infections and innate and adaptive immune responses to viruses and vaccines in immunocompromised patients. He is an associate director of basic/translational research in the transplant research center at Johns Hopkins. He sees patients as part of the transplant and oncology infectious diseases consultation service and is a faculty advisor to the Thayer Firm of the Osler Residency program.

Karaba Lab website: https://andrewkaraba.netlify.app/