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Christos Tsoukas serves as Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and holds an Associate Researcher position at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) Glen site. He is embedded within the Program in Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health and Center for Translational Biology, with additional affiliation to the MUHC's Department of Specialized Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology.
His research centers on HIV-associated chronic inflammation and accelerated immune aging, investigating how premature immune senescence drives age-related conditions like cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and dementia in HIV patients. Through large-scale clinical studies comparing biological versus chronological age in both HIV-positive and healthy Canadians, he identifies critical immune biomarkers that predict early-onset coronary artery disease in chronic inflammatory states. This work bridges immunopathology, cohort epidemiology, and translational biomarker discovery.
Publications consistently focus on T-cell dynamics during antiretroviral therapy, with emerging trends in CD4:CD8 ratio normalization as a predictor of long-term health outcomes and therapy-specific immune recovery patterns. His cohort-based methodology emphasizes real-world patient diversity across gender and racial demographics.
Dr. Tsoukas' scientific distinctions include:
- Companion of the Order of Canada (CM)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCP(C))
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
- Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS)
His clinical research integrates primary immunodeficiency diagnostics with HIV immunology, utilizing cohort studies to explore inflammation biomarkers like T-cell activation profiles. Laboratory work occurs within RI-MUHC's Center for Translational Biology infrastructure, focusing on immune risk phenotyping for cardiovascular complications.