Dr. Edward N. Janoff is the Tim Gill Professor of Infectious Disease in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. He recently stepped down as head of the Division to devote more time to the Mucosal and Vaccine Research Program Colorado (MAVRC).

Dr. Janoff received his Infectious Disease training at the University of Colorado and training in immunology at the National Institutes of Health. His work has focused on diseases of international importance, such as diarrheal disease, respiratory infections, and HIV-1/AIDS. Specifically, he has addressed the role of humoral immunity in defense against Giardia lamblia and Vibrio cholerae in the U.S., Thailand and Peru. Currently, Dr. Janoff and his team are characterizing mucosal responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae in the lung and to HIV-1 in the intestine, reproductive tract, and in breast milk. Each study is supported by a field site in Africa (Uganda, Burkina Faso, Botswana and South Africa) with collaborators from these African nations, England, France, and the United States. The goal of Dr. Janoff's laboratory is to provide a scientific foundation for mucosal vaccines to prevent pneumococcal infections and transmission of HIV-l /AIDS.