Skolnik, Paul R., M.D.
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency training: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship training: Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Skolnik is Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases, and Director of the Center for HIV/AIDS Care and Research (CHACR) at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC). The CHACR oversees all the clinical care, clinical research, basic research, and teaching at BUMC. He is Professor of Medicine and attending physician at BUMC. He is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases. Dr. Skolnik’s current basic research interests include HIV-related innate immune responses in the lung, and modeling of cytokine and chemokine networks in the lung. Patient-derived samples are used in these studies whenever possible to most closely mirror the in vivo situation. Dr. Skolnik conducts trials of investigational immunotherapeutic and antiretroviral drug therapies for HIV infection, and has expertise in clinical research design and methodology. He is site leader for the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) at Boston University Medical Center. Dr. Skolnik directs the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH)- and CDC-funded comprehensive HIV and HCV testing and counseling programs at BUMC, serves as director for MDPH-funded linkage to care and early intervention programs, and is co-PI for a CDC/HRSA retention in care grant. Dr. Skolnik has a substantial record of serving as mentor for successful basic and clinical research trainees on NIH-funded T32 training grants and K08 awards.
