Prof. Christina Marra

Dr. Christina Marra completed residency training in Neurology and fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in Neurology, and she has an adjunct appointment in Medicine (Infectious Diseases), at the University of Washington.Dr. Marra directs a US National Institute of Health-funded clinical and translational research program on factors that influence the clinical course of syphilis, with a particular focus on HIV and on neurosyphilis. She received the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association Achievement Award in 2014 for work in this area. She also participates in multi-center clinical research on the neurological consequences of HIV, and she provides general neurological care in inpatient and outpatient settings, including a multispecialty HIV clinic.

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