Jason

Simmons

MD

PhD

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bio

Jason's research interests include exploring human cohorts with rare immune outcomes to better understand natural resistance to infection with the hope that protective pathways may be identified for therapeutic targetting. With a focus on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the agent that causes human tuberculosis infection, Jason combines results from genetic association studies with findings from macrophages exposed to Mtb in vitro to identify novel host resistance pathways. His additional interests include better defining immune reactions that complicate, and are commonly seen in leprosy.

research interests

• Mycobacterial infections including M. tuberculosis and M. leprae
• Innate immunity
• Immunometabolism
• Natural (genetic, epigenetic) resistance 

clinical interests

• Mycobacterial infections (M.tuberculosis, Non-tuberculous mycobacteria including M. leprae)
• General Infectious Diseases
• HIV
• Travel Medicine

education & training

8/1999-5/2003: BA, Chemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

6/2006-5/2010: PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

8/2004-5/2012: MD (MSTP program), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

6/2012-6/2013: Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

6/2013-6/2015: Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

7/2015-2/2019: Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Honors

Tuberculosis Research & Training Center “Junior Investigator Award” (2019)

publications