Rupert Kaul, PhD, MD, FRCPC

Clinician Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI)
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1586-4093
Keywords: sexually transmitted infections, female sex workers, T cell responses, mucosal immunology, HIV resistance, Africa, HIV/AIDS
Dr Kaul's research interests focus on: (1) the genital immune correlates of HIV transmission and susceptibility in the male and female genital tract; (2) the role of the gut mucosa in HIV pathogenesis and disease; and (3) the epidemiology of HIV and coinfections in HIV-affected Toronto communities. This research is based in clinical cohorts from Canada, Kenya and Uganda. His work is supported by a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Nairobi, and by research funding from the OHTN, CIHR, NIH and Gates Foundation.
Clinician Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI)

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, UHN and University of Toronto