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Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio is a physician-scientist who specializes in the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases, focusing on HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. With a background in epidemiology and global health, she explores co-infections with herpesviruses or tuberculosis among people with or at risk for HIV. Dr. Bender Ignacio also studies the development of cancers in people living with HIV and develops protocols for clinical care of people with HIV-related malignancies. Her translational research on the immune system includes research on inflammation, immune-cell and antibody responses to viral infections, and susceptibility to HIV, as well as studies on the establishment of latency in early HIV infection. She also is engaged in the design and operation of studies on ways to treat COVID-19 in its early stages. Dr. Bender Ignacio is a member of the HOPE Group.
Affiliation
- Assistant Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
Medical Director, COVID-19 Clinical Research Center, Fred Hutch
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
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