Steven G Deeks

Steven G. Deeks, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in Residence at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a faculty member in the Positive Health Program (AIDS Program) at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Deeks has been engaged in HIV research and clinical care since 1993. He is an expert on the role of chronic inflammation in untreated and treated HIV disease. His research has several linked objectives, including: (1) to determine the mechanisms which contribute to this persistent inflammation during therapy, (2) to characterize the impact of persistent inflammation during antiretroviral therapy on end-organ disease and function, (3) to determine the impact of inflammation and immune dysfunction on HIV persistence during effective therapy and (4) to develop novel therapeutic interventions which reduce chronic inflammation and/or the size of the latent reservoir.