Dr. Jennifer Manuzak, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Batchelor’s Children’s Research Institute.

Dr. Manuzak researches the effects of cannabis use on inflammation, immunity and microbial dysbiosis in HIV infection. She seeks to understand the effects of cannabis use on indicators of inflammation and immune activation in people living with HIV (PLWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in regards to frequency, phenotype and cytokine-producing capacity of innate and adaptive immune cells. Additionally, she reviews the effects of cannabis use on plasma markers of microbial translocation, gastrointestinal barrier dysfunction and inflammation in PLWH.

She conducted this presentation at "the Inaugural Symposium on Cannabis and People Living with HIV: At the Crossroads Between Neuropsychology and Inflammation." On April 5, 2019, it took place at the MUHC Glen site Research Institute.

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