Department(s): Medicine Microbiology and Immunology
Education: AB, Georgetown University, 1990 MD, Duke University, 1998 MMSc, Harvard Medical School, 2007 Medicine Residency, University of Utah, 1998-2001 Chief Resident, University of Utah, 2001-2002 ID Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess MC, 2002-2005 Research Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hosp, 2003-2005
Programs: Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine
Lahey T, Shah R, Gittzus J, Schwartzman J, Kirkland K Infectious diseases consultation lowers mortality from Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Medicine (Baltimore) 2009 Sep; 88(5):263-7 PMID: 19745684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Sheth SH, Jensen PT, Lahey T Living in rural New England amplifies the risk of depression in patients with HIV. BMC Infect Dis 2009 Mar 5; 9():25 PMID: 19265529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lahey T, Matee M, Mtei L, Bakari M, Pallangyo K, von Reyn CF Lymphocyte proliferation to mycobacterial antigens is detectable across a spectrum of HIV-associated tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis 2009 Feb 23; 9():21 PMID: 19236695 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lahey TP, Loisel SD, Wieland-Alter W Glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor family-related protein triggering enhances HIV-specific CD4+ T cell cytokine secretion and protects HIV-specific CD4+ T cells from apoptosis. J Infect Dis 2007 Jul 1; 196(1):43-9 PMID: 17538882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Gifford AH, Lahey T, Fordham Von Reyn C Fatal hemoptysis from invasive Aspergillus niger in a patient with cavitary lung disease and Mycobacterium avium complex infection. Med Mycol 2006 Sep; 44(6):557-60 PMID: 16966174 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Professional Interests:
HIV infection, HIV immunology, TB immunology, rural HIV epidemiology, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Courses Taught:
Scientific Basis of Medicine
Medical Pharmacology
Mucosal Immunology
Palliative Care Elective
Dartmouth Community Medical School
Advanced Medical Sciences
Human Biology (undergraduate)
Infectious Diseases Elective
HIV lecture series for infectious diseases fellows
Grant Information:
1. PI, Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award 1K08AI069915-01, "Mechanisms of Regulatory T cell Mediated Suppression of HIV-specific Cellular Immunity," 2006-2011
2. Subproject director, NCRR Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, 5P20RR016437-08, "Center for Molecular, Cellular, and Translational Immunological Research," 2009-present.
3. PI, Hitchcock Foundation Henry Heyl Award 2005
4. PI, Infectious Diseases Society of America ERF/NFID Astellas Young Investigator Award 2007
5. Co-PI, Strategy 4 grant for Translational HIV/TB Research Specimen Repository