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Dr. James E. K. Hildreth
is known internationally for his scientific
accomplishments on the role of cholesterol in the
Biology of Human Retroviruses, HIV and HTLV-1. This
research discovered that cholesterol plays a profound
role in HIV’s ability to penetrate cells. Hildreth
documented that by removing the fatty material from the
virus’s membrane the infection could be blocked from
spreading. Consequently, his research documented that
without fatty material; AIDS could not enter cells, and
ultimately could not infect and spread throughout the
human body. Currently, he is pioneering the development
of a “chemical condom” to block the sexually
transmission of HIV, herpes simplex virus, and other
sexual-transmitted diseases (STD) pathogens.
Hildreth is recognized as being the first African
American Rhodes Scholar from his hometown Camden,
Arkansas. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in Chemistry from
Harvard University. Next, Taylor enrolled at Oxford
University in England, graduating with a Ph.D in
Immunology. Upon returned to the United States, he
obtained his M.D. and completed his postdoctoral
fellowship in pharmacology at John Hopkins Medical
School. He joined the Hopkins faculty as Assistant
Professor and later made history. Dr. Hildreth became
the first African American in the 125-year history at
John Hopkins School of Medicine to earn full
Professorship with tenure in the basic sciences. He
later served for several years as the first Associate
Dean for Graduate Studies.
Dr. Hildreth currently serves as the Director of the
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, a National
Institutes of Health (NIH) funded center and Professor
of Internal Medicine at Meharry Medical College.
He has published more than 80 scientific articles and
holds 6 patents. One protein discovered by Dr. Hildreth
at Oxford is the basis for the Genentech drug RAPTIVA,
approved by the FDA for treatment of psoriasis.
Dr. Hildreth has received numerous awards and honors:
The Merck Index Award to Outstanding Students in
Chemistry Award; Louis and Gustavus Pfeiffer Scholar in
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; The William
and Charlotte Cadbury Award; The Kaiser Foundation
Award; Finalist, Markey Scholars Program, Markey Trust;
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science
Foundation; NIH Director’s Wednesday Lecture Series;
Minority Access Alumnus Role Model Award; The Ranice W.
Crosby Distinguished Service Award, John Hopkins
University School of Medicine; and the Visionary
Research Award, National Medical Fellowship. |
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