Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Address: | Ryals Public Health Building, room 624 UAB Birmingham, AL 35294 |
Telephone: | (205) 975-8630 |
FAX: | (205) 934-8665 |
Email: | jtang@uab.edu |
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Education
D.V.M. Beijing Agricultural University, China
Ph.D. The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia
Post-doctoral Fellow, UAB Division of Geographic Medicine
Research Interests
Dr. Tang's ongoing research focuses on genetic and epigenetic contributions to infection and immunity in human populations. Immunogenetic studies deal with genes (e.g., HLA and KIR) that govern innate and adaptive immune responses to infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis.