Edward Mitre

Edward Mitre is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Uniformed Services University (USU) School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. He serves as faculty at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Infectious Diseases Division and leads the Geographic Diseases Section of the NIH/CDC HIV treatment guidelines.

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (M.D., 1995)
• Columbia University (B.A. Biology, 1991)
• New York University (Internal Medicine Residency, 1998)
• NIAID/NIH (Infectious Diseases Fellowship, 2001)

His research spans helminth immunology, allergy mechanisms, and SARS-CoV-2 immunity, with emphasis on how chronic infections modulate immune responses. Current work includes the Prospective Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Seroconversion (PASS) study examining immune correlates of protection.

Recent publications demonstrate his lab's focus on viral variant neutralization, helminth-derived therapeutic targets, and immune cell dynamics in infection models. Key findings include identification of intestinal proteins as filarial drug targets and characterization of antibody kinetics following mRNA vaccination.

• Outstanding Pre-clerkship Faculty Award (2021, 2022)
• USU SOM Outstanding Lecturer (2009, 2012, 2016-2018)
• Commendation Letter from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2016)
• Lead, CDC/NIH HIV Opportunistic Infections Guidelines (2021-present)

Dr. Mitre co-directs graduate courses in Molecular Parasitology and Models of Emerging Infectious Diseases while maintaining active research programs in filarial nematode pathogenesis and SARS-CoV-2 immunity. His lab has received continuous funding for studies on helminth immunomodulation and vaccine responses, with recent work supported through the PASS study cohort of healthcare workers.