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Research Associate of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ryan McNamara earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from New Mexico State University where he studied the evolutionary determinants of dengue virus spillover into the human population. He earned his Doctorate in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center where his focus was on mechanisms of gene expression and emergence from latency by HIV. He earned his Doctorate with an emphasis on Translational Research. He next became a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine where he focused on AIDS-associated cancers.

Dr. McNamara became a COVID-19 Essential Staff where he and others identified novel variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the spring of 2020. He was then appointed to a Research Associate at the UNC School of Medicine in the fall of 2020. He is a member of the International AIDS Society.

Experience

  • –present
    Research Associate of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill