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Robert W. Shafer, a Professor (Research) at Stanford University, specializes in the treatment of infectious diseases with over 25 years of clinical experience. His research primarily focuses on acute and chronic viral infections, specifically HIV therapy and drug resistance. Dr. Shafer is a member of the Stanford AIDS Clinical Trial Unit and maintains the HIV Drug Resistance Database, which is an essential resource for HIV drug resistance surveillance and interpreting HIV drug resistance tests. His interdisciplinary research encompasses epidemiology, clinical management, and basic science, as he aims to inform HIV treatment and prevention policies by identifying factors influencing the emergence and spread of drug resistance. Dr. Shafer’s interests include sequence analyses that provide insights into viral pathogenesis and leveraging new sequencing technologies for clinical practice. He actively teaches several courses in Biomedical Data Science and Immunology.
Stanford University • Palo Alto, CA
Research and teaching in Infectious Diseases.
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