Robert Yarchoan, M.D.
HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch
Head, Retroviral Disease Section
Branch Chief
National Cancer Institute
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 10, Room 6N106
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-0328
Fax: 301-480-5955
robert.yarchoan@nih.gov
Dr. Yarchoan received his B.A. from Amherst College with a major in biophysics and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Minnesota and immunology in the Metabolism Branch, NCI. He then joined the laboratory of Dr. Samuel Broder, where he played a major role in the development of the first effective therapies for HIV infection, including zidovudine (AZT), didanosine (ddI), and zalcitabine (ddC). In particular, he led the first clinical trials of these drugs, was a co-inventor of didanosine and zalcitabine as AIDS therapies, and led initial studies of combination anti-HIV therapy. He was section chief in the Medicine Branch from 1991 to 1996 and was named chief of the newly formed HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch in 1996.
Since that time, he has focused much of his research on AIDS-related malignancies. Among other honors, he has been awarded the Assistant Secretary for Health Award and the U.S. Public Health Service Outstanding Service Medal, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He was a recipient of the first NIH World AIDS Day Award, and in November 2007, he received the NCI HIV/AIDS Research Excellence Award along with Drs. Samuel Broder, Robert C. Gallo, and Hiroaki Mitsuya. In December 2007, Dr. Yarchoan also was appointed as the first director of the NCI Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy. This office, which is in the Office of the Director, NCI, coordinates and prioritizes the HIV/AIDS and AIDS malignancy research portfolio throughout NCI.
Dr. Yarchoan's Clinical Trial(s):
NCI’s Center for Cancer Research (CCR) is currently conducting the following trial(s) for patients with HIV/AIDS-associated cancers and related diseases or multicentric Castleman disease and associated conditions. Click on the trial(s) below for additional details, including a summary of key eligibility criteria, study outline, and information on how to contact the study team directly.
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Clinical Trials Research
One main area of research focus is the study of the pathogenesis of viral-associated tumors, especially those associated with Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV), also called human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8).
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