Current HIV/AIDS Research Activities:

Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell trait protection against HIV-1 infection in Africans and African Americans
Role of protein phosphatases in HIV-1 latency
Design of small molecule inhibitors and activators of HIV-1 transcription

Current HIV/AIDS Educational Activities:

Virology Course (viral structure, immunology and pathogenesis) for graduate students, Department of Microbiology, Howard University
Supervision of graduate students; postdoctoral fellows and junior faculties

Editorial services: Viruses and Frontiers in Microbiology
Journal reviewer: Blood Advances, Haematologica, PLoS Pathogens, Journal of Biological Chemistr, Retrovirology, American Society for Cancer Research, Future Medicine; Current HIV-1 Research; Nature Microbiology Reviews; Gene Therapy; Journal of Molecular Medicine; Journal of Cellular Physiology;
Grant reviewer: National Institutes of Health, Russian Science Foundation, Polish Academy fo Science, Israeli Science Foundation and AIDS Fonds (Netherlands)
Directing Proteomics Core Facility for Howard University
Supervision of CLIA-certified lab for the analysis of hemoglobin using HPLC (free service for community)