Jez Lim Marston
Jez Lim Marston is an MD-PhD candidate in the Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program in New York. Prior to medical school, he attended Yale University in New Haven, Conn., where he studied Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and conducted research on virology and genetics in the DiMaio Laboratory at the Yale School of Medicine. After graduating, he completed two Master’s degrees in Bioengineering and Bioscience Enterprise from Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge. At Weill Cornell Medical College, he is a Co-Director of the Global Health Collective and seeks to pursue research in global health, immunology and host-pathogen interactions, with a particular focus on tropical medicine.
HIV-Induced Anti-Cancer Immunity in Prostate Cancer
6/17/2019 - 7/19/2019
Brazil
What does the Kean Fellowship mean to you?
The Kean Fellowship means that I will be able to conduct research relevant to tropical medicine in a global context and learn from the scientific endeavors relevant in Brazil. The support from ASTMH encourages me to pursue global research as a future physician-scientist and connects me to a community of medical students and physicians with similar goals.
What do you anticipate learning?
I will learn about the impact of HIV on local communities in São Paulo, Brazil, as well as the research endeavors being conducted at the University of São Paulo around Infectious Diseases and HIV. Additionally, this experience will enable me to explore the role of HIV infection in prostate cancer susceptibility.
What interests you about tropical medicine and what problems are you interested in solving?
With a keen interest in immunology and infectious disease medicine, I am particularly drawn to tropical medicine. With this project, I hope to contribute to our understanding of the interplay between infectious agents like HIV, the host immune system and susceptibility to certain cancers like prostate cancer. This is especially important to tropical medicine because of the relevance of the effects of infectious diseases on long-term cancer susceptibility in tropical communities.