Jessica Tuan, MD, MS, AAHIVS
Infectious Diseases, HIV & AIDs Medicine
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
- Associate Director, Yale Antivirals & Vaccines Research Program, Infectious Diseases
Education & Training
- FellowshipYale University School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases (2021)
- ResidencyUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine, Primary Care Internal Medicine (2019)
- MDChicago Medical School, Doctor of Medicine (2016)
- MSYale University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Biomedical Engineering (2012)
- BSJohns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (2010)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene – Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine & Travelers’ Health (CTropMed): American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (2024)
- Yale Public Voices Fellowship/The OpEd Project: Yale University (2023)
- Gorgas Advanced Tropical Medicine Course - Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute, Peru: Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical & Preventive Medicine/Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute (2023)
- IDWeek Conference Late-Breaker Abstract Oral Presentation: IDWeek (2022)
- International Women’s & Children’s Health & Gender Group Conference Travel Award: International Women’s & Children’s Health & Gender Group Conference (2022)
- Yale Global Health Scholars Program Career Physician - Tugela Ferry, South Africa: Yale University School of Medicine (2022)
- IDWeek Trainee Abstract Award: IDWeek (2021)
- World Bank COVID-19 Vaccine & Primary Health Care Fellow - Yale Institute for Global Health Leadership in Global Health Fellowship: Yale University (2021)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2019)
- Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program - Kigali, Rwanda: Yale University School of Medicine (2019)
Board Certifications
- American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Clinical Tropical Medicine Travelers' Health (2023)
Professional Service
- American Academy of HIV Medicine - HIV Specialist (AAHIVS) Certification (2022 - Present): Physician
- ACTG A5418 / STOMP: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial of the Safety & Efficacy of Tecovirimat for Treatment of Human Monkeypox Virus Disease | Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Principal Investigator
- Evaluating the Safety & Efficacy of Bictegravir/Lenacapavir vs. Stable Baseline Regimen in Virologically Suppressed People With HIV-1 on Stable Complex Treatment Regimens | Yale School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Investigator
- Achievers Youth Club Goodwill Ambassador - Promoting Education for Children in Liberia (2022 - Present): Advisor
- Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Researcher
- Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (2022 - Present): Reviewer
- Pfizer mRNA Influenza Vaccine clinical trial | Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Principal Investigator
- Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (2022 - Present): Advisor
- Yale Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program Career Physician - KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2022): Physician
- Evaluating the Use of Pitavastatin to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in HIV-Infected Adults (REPRIEVE) Clinical Trial | Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Principal Investigator
Publications
- Grinspoon SK, Fitch KV, Zanni MV, Fichtenbaum CJ, Umbleja T, Aberg JA, Overton ET, Malvestutto CD, Bloomfield GS, Currier JS, Martinez E, Roa JC, Diggs MR, Fulda ES, Paradis K, Wiviott SD, Foldyna B, Looby SE, Desvigne-Nickens P, Alston-Smith B, Leon-Cruz J, McCallum S, Hoffmann U, Lu MT, Ribaudo HJ, Douglas PS, REPRIEVE Investigators. Pitavastatin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Infection. N Engl J Med 2023, 389: 687-699. PMID: 37486775, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2304146.
- Tuan J, Ogbuagu O. Lenacapavir: a twice-yearly treatment for adults with multidrug-resistant HIV infection and limited treatment options. Expert Review Of Anti-infective Therapy 2023, 21: 565-570. PMID: 37067160, DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2023.2203913.
- Ogbuagu O, Sharma M, Igiraneza G, Andrews L, Tuan J, Barakat L. HIV risk profile and prevention needs of individuals seeking monkeypox (mpox) vaccination in an urban clinic in the U.S.: a brief report. BMC Infectious Diseases 2023, 23: 146. PMID: 36890468, PMCID: PMC9993362, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08075-5.
- Tuan, J.J., Sharma M, Kayani J, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Ogbuagu O. Outcomes of pregnant women exposed to Sotrovimab for the treatment of COVID-19 in the BA.1 Omicron predominant era (PRESTO). BMC Infect Dis 23, 258 (April 2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08198-9
- Oyeyemi, D.M., Chan, E., Montano, M., Belzer, A., Ogbuagu, O., Zapata, H., Tuan J. Acute cytomegalovirus proctitis and epididymitis acquired via sexual transmission in an immunocompetent patient: a case report. J Med Case Reports 17, 489 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04216-1
- Tuan J, Ogbuagu O, Kumar D, Altice F, Fikrig M. Acute kidney injury due to myoglobin cast nephropathy in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019-mediated rhabdomyolysis: a case report. Journal Of Medical Case Reports 2022, 16: 491. PMID: 36578087, PMCID: PMC9795945, DOI: 10.1186/s13256-022-03721-z.
- Tuan J, Sharma M, Kayani J, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Ogbuagu O. LB1577. Outcomes of Pregnant Women Exposed to Sotrovimab for the Treatment of COVID-19 in the Omicron Predominant Era (PRESTO). Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.1887. PMCID: PMC9752459, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1887.
- Tuan, J., Kayani, J., Fisher, A., Kotansky, B., Dembry, L., & Datta, R. (2022). Clinical outcomes following dalbavancin administration in patients with barriers to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2(1), E83. doi:10.1017/ash.2022.229
- Important Zoonotic Pandemics and Epidemics of the 21st Century: A Review.Tuan, J. Important Zoonotic Pandemics and Epidemics of the 21st Century: A Review. Advances in Health and Disease, Volume 56, July 2022.
- Tuan J, Zapata H, Barakat L, Andrews L, Behnegar A, Kim YW, Kayani J, Mutic S, Ryall L, Turcotte B, Critch-Gilfillan T, Zhao, M, Salahuddin S, Gupta S, Sutton R, Friedland, G, Emu, B, Ogbuagu O. Long-term Quantitative Assessment of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in Older People Living with HIV. BMC Infectious Diseases Journal, 22, 744 (21 September 2022).
- Brown SC, Cormier J, Tuan J, Lier AJ, McGuone D, Armstrong PM, Kaddouh F, Parikh S, Landry ML, Gobeske KT. Four Human Cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Connecticut, USA, during a Larger Regional Outbreak, 2019 - Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 2042-2051. PMID: 34289334, PMCID: PMC8314835, DOI: 10.3201/eid2708.203730.
- Pischel L, Walelo M, Benson J, Osborn R, Schrier R, Tuan J, Barakat L, Ogbuagu O. Race and ethnicity do not impact eligibility for remdesivir: A single-center experience. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0250735. PMID: 33956849, PMCID: PMC8101938, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250735.
- Datta R, Glenn K, Pellegrino A, Tuan J, Linde B, Kayani J, Patel K, Calo L, Dembry LM, Fisher A. Increasing face-mask compliance among healthcare personnel during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 616-622. PMID: 33938417, PMCID: PMC8144836, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.205.
- Tuan J, Spichler-Moffarah A, Ogbuagu O. A new positive SARS-CoV-2 test months after severe COVID-19 illness: reinfection or intermittent viral shedding? BMJ Case Reports 2021, 14: e240531. PMID: 33542020, PMCID: PMC8098910, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240531.
- Brown SC, Cormier J, Tuan J, et al. Four Human Cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Connecticut, USA, during a Larger Regional Outbreak, 2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2021;27(8):2042-2051. doi:10.3201/eid2708.203730
- Tuan JJ, Zapata H, Critch-Gilfillan, T, Ryall L, Turcotte B, Mutic S, Andrews L, Roh M, Friedland G, Barakat L, Ogbuagu O. Qualitative assessment of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in older people living with HIV. HIV Medicine. 2021; 00: 1– 8. doi:10.1111/hiv.13188
- Infectious Diseases as Mimickers of StrokeTuan J, Verma G, Ogbuagu O. "Infectious Diseases as Mimickers of Stroke," Storm Brain. Cardiovascular Research Trust/Hippocrates Initiative. London, UK. November 24, 2021.
- Tuan J, Spichler-Moffarah A, Ogbuagu O. Mycobacterium marinum: nodular hand lesions after a fishing expedition. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e238835. PMID: 33318281, PMCID: PMC7737068, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238835.
- Lier AJ, Tuan JJ, Davis MW, Paulson N, McManus D, Campbell S, Peaper DR, Topal JE. Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2020, 103: 1590-1592. PMID: 32830642, PMCID: PMC7543803, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0699.
- Tuan J, Kailani L, Ngabitsinze P, et al. “Disseminated Cysticercosis in Rwanda—Case Report of a Patient Presenting with Difficulty with Walking and Skin Nodules,” Rwanda Medical Journal, Vol 77, no 2, pp 1-4, 2020.
- When infection and malignancy intersect in Rwanda: A diagnostic challenge in the tropics-Case ReportTuan J, Nkeshimana M, Masaisa F, et al. When infection and malignancy intersect in Rwanda: A diagnostic challenge in the tropics-Case Report. Rwanda Medical Journal, Vol 76, no 4, pp. 1-5, 2019.
- Gupta K, Kim DH, Ellison D, Smith C, Kundu A, Tuan J, Suh KY, Levchenko A. Lab-on-a-chip devices as an emerging platform for stem cell biology. Lab On A Chip 2010, 10: 2019-2031. PMID: 20556297, DOI: 10.1039/c004689b.
Departments and Programs
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
- Associate Director, Yale Antivirals & Vaccines Research Program, Infectious Diseases
Education & Training
- FellowshipYale University School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases (2021)
- ResidencyUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine, Primary Care Internal Medicine (2019)
- MDChicago Medical School, Doctor of Medicine (2016)
- MSYale University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Biomedical Engineering (2012)
- BSJohns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering (2010)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene – Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine & Travelers’ Health (CTropMed): American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (2024)
- Yale Public Voices Fellowship/The OpEd Project: Yale University (2023)
- Gorgas Advanced Tropical Medicine Course - Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute, Peru: Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical & Preventive Medicine/Alexander von Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute (2023)
- IDWeek Conference Late-Breaker Abstract Oral Presentation: IDWeek (2022)
- International Women’s & Children’s Health & Gender Group Conference Travel Award: International Women’s & Children’s Health & Gender Group Conference (2022)
- Yale Global Health Scholars Program Career Physician - Tugela Ferry, South Africa: Yale University School of Medicine (2022)
- IDWeek Trainee Abstract Award: IDWeek (2021)
- World Bank COVID-19 Vaccine & Primary Health Care Fellow - Yale Institute for Global Health Leadership in Global Health Fellowship: Yale University (2021)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society: University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2019)
- Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program - Kigali, Rwanda: Yale University School of Medicine (2019)
Board Certifications
- American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, Clinical Tropical Medicine Travelers' Health (2023)
Professional Service
- American Academy of HIV Medicine - HIV Specialist (AAHIVS) Certification (2022 - Present): Physician
- ACTG A5418 / STOMP: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial of the Safety & Efficacy of Tecovirimat for Treatment of Human Monkeypox Virus Disease | Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Principal Investigator
- Evaluating the Safety & Efficacy of Bictegravir/Lenacapavir vs. Stable Baseline Regimen in Virologically Suppressed People With HIV-1 on Stable Complex Treatment Regimens | Yale School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Investigator
- Achievers Youth Club Goodwill Ambassador - Promoting Education for Children in Liberia (2022 - Present): Advisor
- Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Researcher
- Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (2022 - Present): Reviewer
- Pfizer mRNA Influenza Vaccine clinical trial | Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Principal Investigator
- Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (2022 - Present): Advisor
- Yale Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program Career Physician - KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2022): Physician
- Evaluating the Use of Pitavastatin to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in HIV-Infected Adults (REPRIEVE) Clinical Trial | Yale University School of Medicine (2022 - Present): Principal Investigator
Publications
- Grinspoon SK, Fitch KV, Zanni MV, Fichtenbaum CJ, Umbleja T, Aberg JA, Overton ET, Malvestutto CD, Bloomfield GS, Currier JS, Martinez E, Roa JC, Diggs MR, Fulda ES, Paradis K, Wiviott SD, Foldyna B, Looby SE, Desvigne-Nickens P, Alston-Smith B, Leon-Cruz J, McCallum S, Hoffmann U, Lu MT, Ribaudo HJ, Douglas PS, REPRIEVE Investigators. Pitavastatin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Infection. N Engl J Med 2023, 389: 687-699. PMID: 37486775, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2304146.
- Tuan J, Ogbuagu O. Lenacapavir: a twice-yearly treatment for adults with multidrug-resistant HIV infection and limited treatment options. Expert Review Of Anti-infective Therapy 2023, 21: 565-570. PMID: 37067160, DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2023.2203913.
- Ogbuagu O, Sharma M, Igiraneza G, Andrews L, Tuan J, Barakat L. HIV risk profile and prevention needs of individuals seeking monkeypox (mpox) vaccination in an urban clinic in the U.S.: a brief report. BMC Infectious Diseases 2023, 23: 146. PMID: 36890468, PMCID: PMC9993362, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08075-5.
- Tuan, J.J., Sharma M, Kayani J, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Ogbuagu O. Outcomes of pregnant women exposed to Sotrovimab for the treatment of COVID-19 in the BA.1 Omicron predominant era (PRESTO). BMC Infect Dis 23, 258 (April 2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08198-9
- Oyeyemi, D.M., Chan, E., Montano, M., Belzer, A., Ogbuagu, O., Zapata, H., Tuan J. Acute cytomegalovirus proctitis and epididymitis acquired via sexual transmission in an immunocompetent patient: a case report. J Med Case Reports 17, 489 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04216-1
- Tuan J, Ogbuagu O, Kumar D, Altice F, Fikrig M. Acute kidney injury due to myoglobin cast nephropathy in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019-mediated rhabdomyolysis: a case report. Journal Of Medical Case Reports 2022, 16: 491. PMID: 36578087, PMCID: PMC9795945, DOI: 10.1186/s13256-022-03721-z.
- Tuan J, Sharma M, Kayani J, Davis M, McManus D, Topal J, Ogbuagu O. LB1577. Outcomes of Pregnant Women Exposed to Sotrovimab for the Treatment of COVID-19 in the Omicron Predominant Era (PRESTO). Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.1887. PMCID: PMC9752459, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1887.
- Tuan, J., Kayani, J., Fisher, A., Kotansky, B., Dembry, L., & Datta, R. (2022). Clinical outcomes following dalbavancin administration in patients with barriers to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2(1), E83. doi:10.1017/ash.2022.229
- Important Zoonotic Pandemics and Epidemics of the 21st Century: A Review.Tuan, J. Important Zoonotic Pandemics and Epidemics of the 21st Century: A Review. Advances in Health and Disease, Volume 56, July 2022.
- Tuan J, Zapata H, Barakat L, Andrews L, Behnegar A, Kim YW, Kayani J, Mutic S, Ryall L, Turcotte B, Critch-Gilfillan T, Zhao, M, Salahuddin S, Gupta S, Sutton R, Friedland, G, Emu, B, Ogbuagu O. Long-term Quantitative Assessment of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in Older People Living with HIV. BMC Infectious Diseases Journal, 22, 744 (21 September 2022).
- Brown SC, Cormier J, Tuan J, Lier AJ, McGuone D, Armstrong PM, Kaddouh F, Parikh S, Landry ML, Gobeske KT. Four Human Cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Connecticut, USA, during a Larger Regional Outbreak, 2019 - Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 2042-2051. PMID: 34289334, PMCID: PMC8314835, DOI: 10.3201/eid2708.203730.
- Pischel L, Walelo M, Benson J, Osborn R, Schrier R, Tuan J, Barakat L, Ogbuagu O. Race and ethnicity do not impact eligibility for remdesivir: A single-center experience. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0250735. PMID: 33956849, PMCID: PMC8101938, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250735.
- Datta R, Glenn K, Pellegrino A, Tuan J, Linde B, Kayani J, Patel K, Calo L, Dembry LM, Fisher A. Increasing face-mask compliance among healthcare personnel during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 616-622. PMID: 33938417, PMCID: PMC8144836, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.205.
- Tuan J, Spichler-Moffarah A, Ogbuagu O. A new positive SARS-CoV-2 test months after severe COVID-19 illness: reinfection or intermittent viral shedding? BMJ Case Reports 2021, 14: e240531. PMID: 33542020, PMCID: PMC8098910, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240531.
- Brown SC, Cormier J, Tuan J, et al. Four Human Cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Connecticut, USA, during a Larger Regional Outbreak, 2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2021;27(8):2042-2051. doi:10.3201/eid2708.203730
- Tuan JJ, Zapata H, Critch-Gilfillan, T, Ryall L, Turcotte B, Mutic S, Andrews L, Roh M, Friedland G, Barakat L, Ogbuagu O. Qualitative assessment of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in older people living with HIV. HIV Medicine. 2021; 00: 1– 8. doi:10.1111/hiv.13188
- Infectious Diseases as Mimickers of StrokeTuan J, Verma G, Ogbuagu O. "Infectious Diseases as Mimickers of Stroke," Storm Brain. Cardiovascular Research Trust/Hippocrates Initiative. London, UK. November 24, 2021.
- Tuan J, Spichler-Moffarah A, Ogbuagu O. Mycobacterium marinum: nodular hand lesions after a fishing expedition. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e238835. PMID: 33318281, PMCID: PMC7737068, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238835.
- Lier AJ, Tuan JJ, Davis MW, Paulson N, McManus D, Campbell S, Peaper DR, Topal JE. Case Report: Disseminated Strongyloidiasis in a Patient with COVID-19. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2020, 103: 1590-1592. PMID: 32830642, PMCID: PMC7543803, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0699.
- Tuan J, Kailani L, Ngabitsinze P, et al. “Disseminated Cysticercosis in Rwanda—Case Report of a Patient Presenting with Difficulty with Walking and Skin Nodules,” Rwanda Medical Journal, Vol 77, no 2, pp 1-4, 2020.
- When infection and malignancy intersect in Rwanda: A diagnostic challenge in the tropics-Case ReportTuan J, Nkeshimana M, Masaisa F, et al. When infection and malignancy intersect in Rwanda: A diagnostic challenge in the tropics-Case Report. Rwanda Medical Journal, Vol 76, no 4, pp. 1-5, 2019.
- Gupta K, Kim DH, Ellison D, Smith C, Kundu A, Tuan J, Suh KY, Levchenko A. Lab-on-a-chip devices as an emerging platform for stem cell biology. Lab On A Chip 2010, 10: 2019-2031. PMID: 20556297, DOI: 10.1039/c004689b.
Departments and Programs