Stuart C. Ray

Stuart C. Ray is an American physician. He is Vice Chair of Medicine for Data Integrity and Analytics,^[1] Associate Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. Ray also holds appointments in Viral Oncology and the Division of Health Sciences Informatics. He is affiliated with the Institute for Computational Medicine^[2] at Johns Hopkins and is licensed to practice medicine in Maryland.

Ray researches the influence of

As an undergraduate, Ray studied at the California Institute of Technology and graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.S. cum laude in molecular biology. He remained at Vanderbilt for medical school and received his M.D. in 1990.

Ray completed a

Ray has studied the ability of HIV to undergo high levels of mutation in its genomic sequence, exploring the health consequences of this mutability.^[4] In 1999, Ray and colleagues reported on the sequence diversity of HIV in India. They cautioned that different subtypes could combine, thwarting traditional efforts to develop vaccines.^[5][6]

In 2005, along with colleagues including

As HCV evades the immune system, Ray found, its genome not only mutates to escape the body's defenses, but also reverts to its previous, "ancestral" state when possible. This balance helps the virus to retain fitness.[11]^[12]

Ray's work on HCV has characterized sources of selective pressure on the HCV genome^[13] and identified factors leading to HCV immune escape.^[14][15]

The interactions between HCV and HIV infections have also been a topic of interest for Ray.^{[16][17][18][19]} He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including Newsweek.^[20][21][22]

Elected memberships

• American Society for Clinical Investigation^[23]

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