David Alain Wohl, M.D.
David Alain Wohl, M.D., is a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina (UNC). He is site leader of the UNC AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at Chapel Hill, director of the North Carolina AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC), and co-director of HIV services for the North Carolina state prison system. In 2014, he became co-director of the UNC-Duke Clinical RM Ebola Response Consortium.
Dr. Wohl's research aims to optimize the treatment of HIV, including identifying the most effective therapeutic approaches and minimizing the adverse effects of therapy. He is also active in investigations focused on populations vulnerable to HIV, such as the incarcerated. He is active within the U.S. AIDS Clinical Trials Group and HIV Prevention Trials Network and served two terms as a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Antiretroviral Guidelines Panel.
As part of the response to the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Dr. Wohl led UNC clinical research efforts to test interventions for Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia and now directs a clinical cohort of Ebola survivors.
In addition to his research and administrative activities, Dr. Wohl maintains a large HIV continuity clinic at UNC.
Disclosures
Dr. Wohl has attended advisory boards for Abbott Laboratories, Tibotec, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, ViiV Healthcare, and Gilead Sciences. In addition, his university has received support for his research from Gilead Sciences and ViiV Healthcare. These disclosures were last updated on November 17, 2017.
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GEMINI and the Rise of Two-Drug HIV Therapy: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
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Top 10 HIV Clinical Developments of 2018
Ten major events this year changed the way we think about HIV prevention, care, and treatment. David A. Wohl, M.D., walks us through each momentous story.
Debate Over Dolutegravir in Early Pregnancy: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
In 2018, the same year we learned that a two-drug initial HIV treatment regimen featuring dolutegravir (Tivicay, DTG) was viable for many of our patients, we also got a much-less-welcome dolutegravir (Tivicay, DTG)-related surprise. Early in the year...
Integrase Inhibitors and Weight Gain: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
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PrEP and the Decline in New HIV Diagnoses: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
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On-Demand Prevention in France: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
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Bictegravir Has Finally Arrived: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
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African-American Men and HIV Treatment Outcomes: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
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Designing HIV-Resistant People: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2018
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