Rate My Professor Ann Chahroudi

Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Science and Career Development in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She earned her BA from Brown University in 1998 and her MD and PhD from Emory University School of Medicine in 2006. Chahroudi completed her pediatrics residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and her pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine from 2011 to 2013. She serves as Director of the Emory + Children's Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines, Medical Director of the Ponce Family and Youth Clinic in the Infectious Diseases Program at Grady Health System, Associate Division Chief for Basic and Translational Research in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Co-Director for Basic Science of the Emory Center for AIDS Research, and Co-Director of the Pediatric Residency Investigative Scholars at Emory Program.

Chahroudi's research centers on viral pathogenesis and cure strategies for HIV, Zika virus, and SARS-CoV-2, utilizing pediatric nonhuman primate models and patient samples to elucidate HIV persistence mechanisms, reservoir establishment, and immunopathologies. Her laboratory has characterized the kinetics of SHIV dissemination in infant rhesus macaques post-oral challenge, identifying gut and lymphoid tissues as early sites of infection and bone marrow as a potential reactivation source. Key publications include 'AZD5582 plus SIV-specific antibodies reduce lymph node viral reservoirs in infant macaques' (Nature Medicine, 2023), 'Dynamics and origin of rebound viremia in SHIV-infected infant rhesus macaques' (JCI Insight, 2021), and 'NHP Models in the Development of a Pediatric HIV Cure' (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 2024). She received the 2025 American Society for Clinical Investigation Marian W. Ropes Award, the Emory 1% Award for top NIH percentile funding, and serves as co-principal investigator on a $27.6 million NIH grant for pediatric HIV cure research. Her contributions have advanced translational strategies for HIV eradication in children, influencing global efforts in pediatric virology.