Research Project 2, MISM
Surgery, Surgical Sciences, Duke
Dr. Ferrari has been a Professor of Surgery and Research Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University School of Medicine since 2021. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and Affiliate of the Duke Global Health Institute.
The activities of the Ferrari Laboratory are based on both independent basic research and immune monitoring studies. The research revolves around three main areas of interest: class I-mediated cytotoxic CD8+ T cell responses, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), gene expression in NK and T cellular subsets upon infection with HIV-1. With continuous funding over the last 11 years from the NIH and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with many other productive collaborations within and outside of Duke, the Ferrari Lab has expanded its focus of research to include the ontogeny of HIV-1 specific immune responses that work by eliminating HIV-1 infected cells and how these can be induced by AIDS vaccine candidates.